A moment in scripture
Daniel 6:1
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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The surrounding passage
- Daniel 6:2
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
- Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.