In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
Parallel translations
- KJV 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;
- BSB In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
- ESV In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
- NKJV In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
- NASB In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
- NLT It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.
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Cross-references · 4
- Dan 11:1“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
- Dan 5:31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
- Dan 1:21Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
- Dan 6:28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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