So King Darius issued the written interdict.

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and ¹  the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

The report they sent to him was written as follows: ¹  “To King Darius: All greetings! ² 

So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives ¹  of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth ¹  year of the reign of King Darius.

(6:1) ¹  So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

It seemed like a good idea to Darius ¹  to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps ²  who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.

So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion ¹  to the king and said ²  to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

In the first year of Darius ¹  son of Ahasuerus, ²  who was of Median descent and who had been ³  appointed king over the Babylonian ⁴  empire –

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I ¹  stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year. ¹ 

Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly – with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions. ¹ 

They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time ¹  of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius ²  of Persia. ³ 

So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. ¹ 

But God was watching over ¹  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ²  until a report could be dispatched ³  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

As for the Levites, ¹  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: “Peace and prosperity! ¹ 

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year, ¹  the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai: ² 

In the eighth month of Darius’ ¹  second year, ²  the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, ³  son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows: