30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C) 31 and Darius(D) the Mede(E) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[b]

Daniel in the Den of Lions

[c]It pleased Darius(F) to appoint 120 satraps(G) to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.(H) The satraps were made accountable(I) to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
  2. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
  3. Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.

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