It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; A hundred and twenty princes - A chief or satrap over every province which belonged to the Medo-Persian empire. Afterwards we find it enlarged to one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, by the victories of Cambyses and Darius Hystaspes. See Esther 1:1. Josephus reckons three hundred and sixty satrapies or lordships; but this is most probably an exaggeration or mistake.
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Daniel 6:1
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;