Daniel's Prayer for His People

9 ^(A)In the first year of ^(B)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a ^(C)Mede, who was made king over the realm of the ^(D)Chaldeans—

The Kings of the South and the North

11 “And as for me, ^(A)in the first year of ^(B)Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

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

Daniel and the Lions' Den

6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom ^(C)120 ^(D)satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;

²¹ And Daniel ^(A)was there until the first year of ^(B)King Cyrus.

²⁸ So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and ^(A)the reign of ^(B)Cyrus the Persian.