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Daniel 5:31

Daniel 5:31 is verse 31 of Daniel chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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King James Version

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

World English Bible

Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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Daniel 5:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible

29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

31 and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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Hebrew words

וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙and Darius מָֽדָאָ֔הMedian the קַבֵּ֖לhe received מַלְכוּתָ֑אkingdom the כְּבַ֥רabout a son of שְׁנִ֖יןyears שִׁתִּ֥יןsixty וְתַרְתֵּֽיןand two

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Daniel 6:1
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

Daniel 9:1
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans —

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