And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about sixty two years old.

So this Daniel was made to prosper in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked. And behold, a ram was standing before the river, having horns. And the horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

I saw the ram pushing westward and northward and southward, so that no beasts could stand before him, and no one could deliver out of his hand. But he did according to his will and became great.

The ram which you saw with two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not value silver; and they shall not delight in gold.

An intense vision is declared to me: The deceiver deals treacherously, and the plunderer devastates. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media! I have caused all her sighing to cease.

Thus says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have strengthened in order to subdue nations before him. And I will loosen the loins of kings, to open before him the gates; and the gates shall not be shut.

I will go before you, and make the high places level and straight. I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut the iron bars in two.