So Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of 62.
This is what happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.
or to governors sent by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the whole kingdom
Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, its governors and all its deputies, and all the land of his dominion.
“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
“And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him).
