Daniel 6:1

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“Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,”

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BSBPD

“Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 6:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  2. Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
  3. Jeremiah 51:28Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
  4. Daniel 5:31and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
  5. Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
  6. Daniel 11:1“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
  7. 1 Peter 2:14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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