Thematic Bible: Median king of persia
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!