²⁸ So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus^[a](A) the Persian.^(B)

³¹ and Darius^(A) the Mede^(B) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.^[a]

Daniel’s Prayer

9 In the first year of Darius^(A) son of Xerxes^[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian^[b] kingdom—

²⁰ The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.^(A)

³ I looked up,^(A) and there before me was a ram^(B) with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. ⁴ I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power.^(C) It did as it pleased^(D) and became great.