Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Darius » Median king of persia
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom; he was about sixty-two years old. It pleased [King] Darius [successor to Belshazzar] to set over the kingdom 120 satraps who should be [in charge] throughout all the kingdom,
Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language who were living in all the land: “May peace abound to you!
Language » Ancient kingdoms often comprehended nations of different
Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language who were living in all the land: “May peace abound to you!
So he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, saying that every man should be the master and rule in his own home and that he should speak [in the household] in the language of his own people.
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and speakers of every language,