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This teaching on Daniel Ch 6 was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 30th May 2021. DANIEL 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; Chapter 6 starts at the beginning of the ‘reign’ of Darius over Babylon following the collapse of the Babylonian Empire in 539 B.C. We know from History that Cyrus was the overall head of the Medo-Persian Empire. At the beginning of Ch 9 Daniel confirms that Darius “was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans” – i.e. not over the whole Empire. Although there is some debate amongst scholars about the secular identity of Darius, we should note that ‘Darius‘ was a title meaning “holder of the scepter”. Certainly there are five later Persian rulers with the same title.