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Dan 5:31 — And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Darius		This was Cyaxares, son of Astyages, king of Media, and maternal uncle to Cyrus, who allowed him the title of his conquests, as long as he lived. Dan 6:1; Dan 9:1
being		Chal. he as the son of, etc. about. or, now.

Correlating Passages

Darius

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

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 5:31," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Dan/5/31.html>.

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