Verse 1

It pleased Darius to set ouer his kigdome an C and xx.lordes, which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute.

Referenced Verses

• Dan 5:31 : 31 and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome, beynge lxij. yeare off age.
• Esth 1:1 : 1 In the tyme of Ahasuerus, which reigned from India vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundreth and seuen and twentye londes,
• Exod 18:21-22 : 21 But loke out amonge all the people, for honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, & hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten, 22 that they maye allwaye iudge the people. But where there is eny greate matter, that they brynge the same vnto the, and iudge the small causes them selues: so shall it be lighter for the, yf they beare the burthen with the.
• 1 Pet 2:14 : 14 or vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punyshment of euell doers, but for the prayse of the that do well.