Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the
writing
For they had not only agreed upon it among themselves what to
propose, as to the substance of it; but they had drawn it up in
writing, ready to be signed, which they urge to have done
immediately: that it be not changed, according to the law
of the Medes and Persians,
which altereth not;
when once signed by the king: mention being made of both the
Medes and Persians, shows that these two nations were now united
in one government; that Darius and Cyrus were partners in the
empire; and it is easy to account for it why the Medes are
mentioned first; because Darius was the Mede, and Cyrus the
Persian; the one the uncle, the other the nephew; but afterwards,
when a Persian only was on the throne, then the Persian is
mentioned first, ( Esther 1:19 ) .
Daniel 6:8
