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Daniel 6:1

Verse 1 of 28. The 6th of 12 chapters in Daniel, in The Major Prophets.

1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

2and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.

3Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

5Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.