¹ In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldaeans;

¹ And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.

²¹ And Daniel went on till the first year of King Cyrus.

¹ And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.

²⁸ He gives salvation and makes men free from danger, and does signs and wonders in heaven and earth, who has kept Daniel safe from the power of the lions.