“In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be of assistance and a protection for him.
Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
Then this one with human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.
So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, to be in charge of the whole kingdom,
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.”