Bible Strands
Daniel 6:2
and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records King Darius’s administrative restructuring after appointing 120 satraps to govern the kingdom. He places three administrators over them, with Daniel among them, to ensure the king’s resources are protected.
The words — The term סָרְכִין (sa.re.Khin) denotes the appointed overseers, while חַד (chad) identifies Daniel as one of the three chosen administrators.
The thread — This administrative concern parallels Daniel 2:48, where royal promotion follows divine favor, and echoes the crown-asset motifs in Ezra 4:22 and Esther 7:4 regarding the protection of royal interests and the consequences of administrative failure.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that earthly governance requires structured accountability to prevent institutional loss, positioning Daniel within a system designed to safeguard the king’s interests.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:22 See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?
- Esther 7:4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
- Daniel 2:48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 5:16 But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- Daniel 5:29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- Proverbs 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 26:6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
- Matthew 18:23 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
- Luke 16:2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’