Daniel 5:31

American Standard Version (1901)

And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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Referenced Verses

  • Dan 9:1 : 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
  • Dan 6:1 : 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Dan 5:28-30
    3 verses
    78%

    28PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

    29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

    30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

  • Dan 9:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

    2in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

  • Dan 11:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

    2And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

    3And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

  • Dan 6:28
    71%

    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Dan 6:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

    2and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

    2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:

  • Dan 10:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

    2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

  • Dan 1:21
    69%

    21And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

  • Dan 6:6-9
    4 verses
    68%

    6Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

    8Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

    9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

  • Dan 4:31
    67%

    31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from thee:

  • Dan 5:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • Dan 8:1
    67%

    1In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me, Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

  • Dan 5:13
    67%

    13Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

  • Dan 6:25
    66%

    25Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.

  • Dan 5:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

    2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

  • Dan 6:12
    66%

    12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

  • Dan 1:18
    66%

    18And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

  • Dan 7:1
    66%

    1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

  • Dan 5:9-11
    3 verses
    65%

    9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

    10[ Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

    11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

  • Dan 2:26
    65%

    26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

  • Dan 5:18
    65%

    18O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

  • Ezra 6:15
    65%

    15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

  • Dan 5:24-26
    3 verses
    65%

    24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

    25And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

    26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;

  • Dan 1:5
    65%

    5And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king.

  • Hag 1:15
    65%

    15in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the king.

  • Dan 6:15
    65%

    15Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

  • Jer 52:28
    65%

    28This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;

  • Dan 4:29
    65%

    29At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

  • Esth 1:4
    64%

    4when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.

  • Dan 2:37
    64%

    37Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

  • Dan 3:1
    64%

    1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

  • Ezra 6:12
    64%

    12and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.