36:22 In the first year of the reign of 1 King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, 2 the Lord moved 3 King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.
6:1 It seemed like a good idea to Darius 4 to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps 5 who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.
1 tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “to complete the word of the
sn Regarding the promise he delivered through Jeremiah see Jer 29:10.
3 tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”
4 tn Aram “It was pleasing before Darius.”
5 tn This is a technical term for an official placed in charge of a region of the empire (cf. KJV, NLT “prince[s]”; NCV, TEV “governors”). These satraps were answerable to a supervisor, who in turn answered to Darius.