41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(A)
    a great nation and many kings
    are being stirred(B) up from the ends of the earth.(C)

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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

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Daniel in the Den of Lions

[a]It pleased Darius(A) to appoint 120 satraps(B) to rule throughout the kingdom,

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

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Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom—

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean

11 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

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11 And in the first year of Darius(A) the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)

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