1It pleasedDariusH1868toset overthekingdomH4437a hundredandtwenty satraps, who should beinallthekingdomH4437; 2andoverthese, three presidents —ofwhomDanielwasone —towhomthesesatrapsH324should renderaccount,andthattheking should suffer no loss. 3NowthisDanielH1841surpassedthepresidentsandthesatrapsH324,becausean excellent spiritwasinhim;andthekingH4430thoughttoappointhimoverthewhole realm. 4ThenH116thepresidentsandthesatrapsH324soughttofindapretextagainstDanielH1841withrespecttothekingdomH4437;buttheycouldnot findanypretextorfault; inasmuchashewasfaithful, neitherwasthereanyerrororfault foundinhim. 5ThenH116said these men,WeshallnotfindH7912anypretextagainstthisDanielH1841, unlesswefindH7912[it]againsthim touchingthelawofhisGod. 6ThenH116thesepresidentsandsatraps cameinabodytotheking,andsaidH560thusunto him: King Darius, liveforever! 7Allthepresidentsofthekingdom,theprefects,andthesatrapsH324,thecounsellors,andthegovernorshaveconsulted togethertoestablisharoyalstatute,andtomakeafirm decree,thatwhosoever shall askapetitionofany godormanforthirty days, exceptofthee, OkingH4430,heshall be cast intothedenoflions. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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