Darius

and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.

It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps--a hundred and twenty--that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,

Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: `O king Darius, to the ages live!

Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: `Your peace be great!

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

In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing is for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;