Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

It seemed like a good idea to Darius to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.

So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever!

So King Darius issued the written interdict.

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: "Peace and prosperity!

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire --

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)