Daniel 6:1
Daniel chapter 6 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
KJV
King James Version · 1611It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
Context
v.1This passage
v.2and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),
- 1 Peter 2:14
or unto governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well.
- Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
- Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: