(6:1) So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.
I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.
And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)
As for peres – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
It seemed like a good idea to Darius to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.
In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire –