And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;
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