It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,
Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
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