31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-31)Here is, 1. The death of the king. Reason enough he had to tremble, for he was just falling into the hands of the king of terrors , Dan. 5:30. In that night , when his heart was merry with wine, the besiegers broke into the city, aimed at the palace; there they found the king, and gave him his death’s wound. He could not find any place so secret as to conceal him, or so strong as to protect him. H…
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