Darius

Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.

Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Kasdim,

“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.