Daniel 6:1
Good News Translation
Darius decided to appoint a hundred and twenty governors to hold office throughout his empire.

New Revised Standard Version
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom,

Contemporary English Version
Darius divided his kingdom into 120 states and placed a governor in charge of each one.

New American Bible
Darius decided to appoint over his entire kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.

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It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.

Darius.

Daniel 5:31 And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

1 Peter 2:14 Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good.

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Exodus 18:21,22 And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens, . . .

Esther 1:1 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces:

Context
The Plot Against Daniel
1It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.2And three princes over them of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might give an account to them, and the king might have no trouble.…
Cross References
Daniel 3:2
Then Nabuchodonosor, the king, sent to call together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

Daniel 5:31
And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

Daniel 6:2
And three princes over them of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might give an account to them, and the king might have no trouble.

Daniel 5:31
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