31 (A)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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31 and Darius(A) the Mede(B) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

Daniel’s Prayer for the People

In the first year (A)of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—

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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

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Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom—

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean