Daniel 6:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IT PLEASED [King] Darius [successor to Belshazzar] to set over the kingdom 120 satraps who should be [in charge] throughout all the kingdom,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

Common English Bible

¹ Darius decided to appoint one hundred twenty chief administrators throughout the kingdom,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ It pleased Darius, and so he appointed over the kingdom one hundred twenty governors, to be placed throughout his whole kingdom.

English Standard Version 2016

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;

Daniel 6:1 Cross References

Esther 1:1

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush.

Jeremiah 51:28

Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.

Daniel 11:1

“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to support and strengthen him.

Daniel 3:2

Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to assemble and come to the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Daniel 5:31

And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Daniel 6:2

and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.