Daniel 6:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Darius divided his kingdom into a hundred and twenty states and placed a governor in charge of each one.

Cross References

Esther 1:1

King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa and ruled one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.

Jeremiah 51:28

Tell the kings and governors, the leaders and the people of the kingdoms of the Medes to prepare for war!

Daniel 11:1

You also need to know that I protected and helped Darius the Mede in his first year as king.

Daniel 3:2

and he commanded his governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, and his other officials to come from everywhere in his kingdom to the dedication of the statue.

Daniel 5:31

Then Darius the Mede, who was sixty-two years old, took over his kingdom.

Daniel 6:2

In order to make sure that his government was run properly, Darius put three other officials in charge of the governors. One of these officials was Daniel.

Daniel 9:1

Daniel wrote: Some years later, Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, had become king of Babylonia. And during his first year as king, I found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the LORD had said to Jeremiah, “Jerusalem will lie in ruins for seventy years.”

1 Peter 2:14

You must also obey governors, because they are sent by the Emperor to punish criminals and to praise good citizens.