“Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
Then again, the one having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom;