Verse 1
Daniel 6:1
New Living Translation
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Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דָרְיָ֨וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔/א קַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑/א כְּ/בַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְ/תַרְתֵּֽין
English Translation
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.
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Chapter 6 Context
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Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to...
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The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and prote...
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Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because...
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Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was...
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So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection wit...
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So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!
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We are all in agreement — we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors — tha...
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And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes...
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So King Darius signed the law.
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But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his up...
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Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God (Elohim)...
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So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for t...
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Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your...
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Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent...
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In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to...
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So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king...
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A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own roy...
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Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment...
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Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den.
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When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God (Elohim)! Was your G...
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Daniel answered, “Long live the king!
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My God (Elohim) sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have...
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The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on hi...
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Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown i...
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Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout th...
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“I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God (Elohim) of Da...
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He rescues and saves his people;<br>he performs miraculous signs and wonders<br>in the heavens and o...
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So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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