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Daniel 6:1

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Daniel’s Integrity and His Entrapment by His Enemies

6It pleased Darius,a and he set up one hundred and twenty satraps over the kingdom, that they were throughout the whole kingdom,b

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Footnotes

  1. aLiterally “It was pleasant before Darius”
  2. bLiterally “in all the kingdom”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Darius decided to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm,

NLTNew Living Translation

Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.

KJV 1900King James Version

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;