Dànyǐlǐshū 6:1

1 Dàlìwū suí xīn suǒ yuàn , lì yī bǎi èr shí gè zǒng dū , zhìlǐ tōng guó .

Dànyǐlǐshū 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:1

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and
twenty princes
This is the same Darius mentioned in the latter part of the preceding chapter; who, as soon as he took the kingdom of Babylon, divided it into a hundred and twenty provinces, as Jacchiades observes; as was the manner of the Medes and Persians. So Darius the son of Hystaspes divided the kingdom of Persia into twenty provinces, and set governors over each, according to Herodotus ^F18; to these hundred and twenty provinces seven more were afterwards added, through the victories of Cyrus and Cambyses, and Darius Itystaspes, ( Esther 1:1 ) . Josephus ^F19, through forgetfulness, makes these princes and provinces three hundred and sixty: which should be over the whole kingdom;
or, "in the whole kingdom" ^F20; in the several parts of it, and take care of all things relative to the civil government of it, both for the honour and advantage of the king, and the good of the subjects.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Thalia, sive l. 3. c. 89.
F19 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 11. sect. 4.
F20 (atwklm lkb) "in toto regno", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius; "toti regno", Junius & Tremellius.

Dànyǐlǐshū 6:1 In-Context

1 Dàlìwū suí xīn suǒ yuàn , lì yī bǎi èr shí gè zǒng dū , zhìlǐ tōng guó .

2 Yòu zaì tāmen yǐshàng lì zǒng zhǎng sān rén ( Dànyǐlǐ zaì qízhōng ) , shǐ zǒng dū zaì tāmen sān rén miànqián huí fù shì wù , miǎndé wáng shòu kuī sún .

3 Yīn zhè Dànyǐlǐ yǒu mĕihǎo de língxìng , suǒyǐ xiǎnrán chāo hū qíyú de zǒng zhǎng hé zǒng dū , wáng yòu xiǎng lì tā zhìlǐ tōng guó .

4 Nàshí , zǒng zhǎng hé zǒng dū xúnzhǎo Dànyǐlǐ wù guó de bǎbǐng , wèi yào sān tā . zhǐshì zhǎo bù zhe tāde cuòwù guō shī , yīn tā zhōngxīn bàn shì , haó wú cuòwù guō shī .

5 Nàxiē rén biān shuō , wǒmen yào zhǎo sān zhè Dànyǐlǐ de bǎbǐng , chúfēi zaì tā shén de lǜfǎ zhōng jiù xún bù zhe .