"It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;" — Daniel 6:1

Daniel 6:1 · KJV

“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;”

— Daniel 6:1

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel {was} first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

Daniel 6 — Context

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel {was} first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit {was} in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21-22

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place {such} over them, {to be} rulers of thousands, {and} rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Daniel 5:31

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, {being} about threescore and two years old. {being...: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc} {about: or, now}

Esther 1:1

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this {is} Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, {over} an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

1 Peter 2:14

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.