And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)
Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength.
and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom—
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.