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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 6:1 - 6:1
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Dan 6:1-28. Darius’ decree: Daniel’s disobedience, and consequent exposure to the lions: His deliverance by God, and Darius’ decree.
Darius - Grotefend has read it in the cuneiform inscriptions at Persepolis, as Darheush, that is, “Lord-King,” a name applied to many of the Medo-Persian kings in common. Three of that name occur: Darius Hystaspes, 521 b.c., in whose reign the decree was carried into effect for rebuilding the temple (Ezr 4:5; Hag 1:1); Darius Codomanus, 336 b.c., whom Alexander overcame, called “the Persian” (Neh 12:22), an expression used after the rule of Macedon was set up; and Darius Cyaxares II, between Astyages and Cyrus [Aeschylus, The Persians, 762, 763].
hundred and twenty - satraps; set over the conquered provinces (including Babylon) by Cyrus [Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.6.1]. No doubt Cyrus acted under Darius, as in the capture of Babylon; so that Daniel rightly attributes the appointment to Darius.