Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Assembled together - literally, 'assembled hastily and tumultuously' х raagash (H7283)], to make a tumult. Had they come more deliberately, the king might have refused their grant; but they gave him no time for reflection, representing that their test-decree was necessary for the safety of the king. King Darius, live forever. Arrian (4) records that Cyrus was the first before whom prostration was practiced. It is an undesigned mark of genuineness that Daniel should mention no prostration before Nebuchadnezzar or Darius (see note, Daniel 3:9).