Dan.6.2

Daniel 6:2

KJV

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.

The Plot against Daniel

Daniel Serves Darius

Cross References

Ezra 4:22

KJV

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

The Decree of Artaxerxes

Esther 7:4

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For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

Esther Pleads for Her People

Daniel 2:48

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Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Daniel

Daniel 2:49

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Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Daniel

Daniel 5:7

KJV

The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

The Handwriting on the Wall

Belshazzar’s Feast

Daniel 5:16

KJV

And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 5:29

KJV

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 Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 6:1

KJV

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