Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

• Dan 5:31 : 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
• Esth 1:1 : 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:)
• Exod 18:21-22 : 21 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: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
• 1 Pet 2:14 : 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.