Daniel 6:1
IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
¶ It pleased Darius to set ouer the kingdome an hundred and twenty Princes, which should be ouer the whole kingdome.
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- Exodus 18:21–22Rank 1 from verse 1
21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
22And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
21Moreouer thou shalt prouide out of all the people able men, such as feare God, men of trueth, hating couetousnesse, and place such ouer them, to bee rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tennes.
22And let them iudge the people at all seasons: and it shall bee that euery great matter they shall bring vnto thee, but euery small matter they shal iudge: so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they shall beare the burden with thee.
- Daniel 5:31Rank 2 from verse 1
- Esther 1:1Rank 3 from verse 1
1NOW it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
1¶ Now it came to passe in the dayes of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned from India, euen vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundred, and seuen and twentie prouinces.)
- 1 Peter 2:14Rank 4 from verse 1
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Daniel 6:1
Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.
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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.
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Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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1. Entire or complete. 2. Sound or restored to health.
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1IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
1¶ It pleased Darius to set ouer the kingdome an hundred and twenty Princes, which should be ouer the whole kingdome.
Selected passage2And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
2And ouer these, three Presidents, (of whom Daniel was first) that the Princes might giue accompts vnto them, and the King should haue no damage.