Daniel 3:27
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27 And the (A)satraps, the prefects, the governors, and (B)the king's counsellors gathered together and saw that (C)the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their (D)cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.
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Daniel 6:1-2
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Daniel and the Lions' Den
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom (A)120 (B)satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them (C)three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these (D)satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
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Daniel 6:3-4
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3 Then this Daniel became (A)distinguished above all (B)the other presidents and (C)satraps, because (D)an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned (E)to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 Then (F)the presidents and (G)the satraps (H)sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, (I)but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, (J)and no error or fault was found in him.
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Daniel 6:6-7
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6 Then these (A)presidents and (B)satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O (C)King Darius, live for ever! 7 All the (D)presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the (E)counsellors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an (F)injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
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- Daniel 6:6 Or came thronging; also verses 11, 15
Ezra 8:36
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36 (A)They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's (B)satraps[a] and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.
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- Ezra 8:36 A satrap was a Persian official
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