Daniel 5:30-6:3

Common English Bible

³⁰ That very same night, Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. ³¹ Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.

Plot against Daniel

6 Darius decided to appoint one hundred twenty chief administrators throughout the kingdom, ² and to set over them three main officers to whom they would report so that the king wouldn’t have to be bothered with too much.^[a] One of these main officers was Daniel. ³ Because of his extraordinary spirit, Daniel soon surpassed the other officers and the chief administrators—so much so that the king had plans to set him over the entire kingdom.