“And so Darius, who was called Ahasuerus, received the kingdom and "appointed one-hundred-twenty satraps and appointed three governors over them, whom Daniel was one of, for the satraps to give account that the king may not be overburdened. And Daniel was over them because a spirit abounded in him, and the king appoint…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Commentary on Daniel 3.19.1-2
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1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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— Daniel 6:1 —
2And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.