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Daniel 5:31–6:3 | Darius, 120 Governors, and Daniel Kneels Toward Jerusalem
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being a son of sixty-two years. It seemed fair before Darius, and he set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty governors to be over the whole kingdom. And over these, three overseers, of which Daniel was one of these, that the governors might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss (Daniel 5:31–6:3).
Following the transfer of Babylon to the Medes and Persians, Darius assumed the throne. The transition was largely peaceful, with minimal bloodshed in the cities. On the night the handwriting appeared on the wall to Belshazzar, he…
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