Daniel 6:2Modern English Versionand over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, so that the officials might give accounts to them and the king not suffer loss. See the chapter |
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever shall read this writing and show me its interpretation shall be clothed with scarlet and have a chain of gold about his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”