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Daniel 5:30-6:2
New International Version
Daniel 5:30-6:2
New International Version
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
6 [c]It pleased Darius(F) to appoint 120 satraps(G) to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 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
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
- Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.
Daniel 5:30-6:2
King James Version
Daniel 5:30-6:2
King James Version
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Daniel 5:30-6:2
New King James Version
Daniel 5:30-6:2
New King James Version
Belshazzar’s Fall
30 (A)That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 (B)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
The Plot Against Daniel
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss.
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