And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom,
I set a snare for you, and you were caught, O Babylon, but you did not know it; you were discovered and seized because you challenged the Lord.
peres: your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to support and strengthen him.
I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.