THEOSISDaniel 6:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.
וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔א קַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 5:31And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
- Ex 18:21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,
- Ex 18:22Who may judge the people at all times: and when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them refer it to thee, and let them judge the lesser matters only: that so it may be lighter for thee, the burden being shared out unto others.
- Esth 1:1In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces:
- 1 Pet 2:14Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good.