Daniel 5:31
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and Darius
וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ (wə·ḏā·rə·yā·weš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1868: Darius = 'lord' 1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as 'Astyages' the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as H01867 (1)) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as H01867 (2)) 3) Darius II or Darius III 3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah 3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC)

the Mede
מָֽדָיָ֔א‪‬‪‬ (mā·ḏā·yā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

(mā·ḏā·’āh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4077: Mede or Medes = 'middle land' 1) an inhabitant of Media

received
קַבֵּ֖ל (qab·bêl)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6902: 1) (Pael) to receive

the kingdom
מַלְכוּתָ֑א (mal·ḵū·ṯā)
Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4437: 1) royalty, reign, kingdom 1a) royalty, kingship, kingly authority 1b) kingdom 1c) realm (of territory) 1d) reign (of time)

at the age
כְּבַ֥ר (kə·ḇar)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1247: 1) son

of sixty-two
שִׁתִּ֥ין (šit·tîn)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8361: 1) sixty, threescore

וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃ (wə·ṯar·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8648: 1) two 1a) two (as cardinal number) 1b) second (as ordinal number) 1c) two (in combination with other numbers)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62 .

New American Standard Bible
So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

King James Bible
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.

New Living Translation
And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

English Standard Version
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

New American Standard Bible
So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.

International Standard Version
and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of 62.

NET Bible
So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.
















Cross References
Jeremiah 50:24
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

Daniel 5:28
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 6:1
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

Daniel 9:1
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;

Daniel 11:1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Daniel 5:30
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Daniel 5:29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 6:2
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
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