And I myself, in the first year of Darius the Mede, took my stand to support and defend him.
Praise the Lord, you angels, you powerful ones who do what he says, listening to what he tells you!
Once again the one who looked like a human being touched me and restored my strength.
and Darius the Mede was given the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
Darius decided it would be good to place the kingdom under the control of one hundred and twenty provincial governors.
It was the first year of Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus, after he had become king of the Babylonians.
They encouraged the believers to remain firm and to continue to trust in Jesus. “We have to go through many trials to enter God's kingdom,” they said.