It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIt pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps--a hundred and twenty--that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2