11 ¹ “As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to support and strengthen him.^(A)

Daniel’s Prayer for the People

9 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans,^(A)

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

²² There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”^(A)

¹⁸ Again one in human form touched me and strengthened me.