Daniel 5:31 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 5:31

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Hippolytus of Rome

Commentary on Daniel 3.19.1-2 (235)

And so Darius, who was called Ahasuerus, received the kingdom and "appointed one-hundred-twenty satraps and appointed three governors over them, whom Daniel was one of, for the satraps to give account that the king may not be overburdened.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FIVE (420)

Verses 30, 31. "On that same night Belshazzar, King of the Chaldeans, was slain, and Darius the Mede succeeded to his kingdom at the age of sixty-two." Josephus writes in his tenth book of the Jewish Antiquities that when Babylon had been laid under siege by the Medes and Persians, that is, by Darius and Cyrus, Belshazzar, King of Babylon, fell into such forgetfulness of his own situation as to put on his celebrated banquet and drink from the vessels of the Temple, and even while he was besieged he found leisure for banqueting.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Darius the Median took the kingdom,.... This was Cyaxares the son of Astyages, and uncle of Cyrus; he is called the Median, to distinguish him from another Darius the Persian, that came after, Ezr 4:5, the same took the kingdom of Babylon from Cyrus who conquered it; he took it with his consent, being the senior prince and his uncle. Darius reigned not long, but two years; and not alone, but Cyrus with him, though he is only mentioned.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now in this sumptuous feast, 1. He put an affront upon the providence of God and bade defiance to his judgments. His city was now besieged; a powerful enemy was at his gates; his life and kingdom lay at stake.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And Darius the Median took the kingdom - The city and kingdom were actually taken by Cyrus, though acting in the name and by the authority of Darius, or Cyaxares, who was his uncle. For a full explanation of the conquests of Cyrus, and of the reason why the city is said to have been taken by Darius, see the notes at Isa 41:2. In regard to the question who Darius the Median was, see the Introduction to Daniel 6, section II.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Darius the Median--that is, Cyaxares II, the son and successor of Astyages, 569-536 B.C. Though Koresh, or Cyrus, was leader of the assault, yet all was done in the name of Darius; therefore, he alone is mentioned here; but Da 6:28 shows Daniel was not ignorant of Cyrus' share in the capture of Babylon.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙	ve.da.re.Ya.vesh	and Darius	H1868 →
מָֽדָאָ֔ה	ma.da.ya'	Median the	H4077 →
קַבֵּ֖ל	ka.Bel	he received	H6902 →
מַלְכוּתָ֑א	mal.khu.Ta'	kingdom the	H4437 →
כְּבַ֥ר	ke.Var	about a son of	H1247 →
שְׁנִ֖ין	she.Nin	years	H8140 →
שִׁתִּ֥ין	shi.Tin	sixty	H8361 →
וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃	ve.tar.Tein	and two	H8648 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 6:1
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
leads to
- Exodus 18:21–22
  Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Esther 1:1
  This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- 1 Peter 2:14
  or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
Through
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—
leads to
- Daniel 11:1
  “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
- Daniel 1:21
  And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
- Daniel 6:28
  So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Daniel