The overthrow of King Belshazzar and the Babylonians in 539 BC meant that Daniel was now under a new system of government in the form of the Persian Empire. The authority over Daniel was now a man named “Darius,” which was either another name for Cyrus the Great or who was a governor of Babylon appointed by Cyrus. This ruler begins to organize his territory by appointing 120 satraps (regional rulers) to govern, one of whom is Daniel. By this point, Daniel had so distinguished himself among the rest that the king “planned to set him over the whole kingdom” (Daniel 6:3). Of course, this does not
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