I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

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