Kong Dareios satte 120 mænd til at styre hver sin del af riget. De skulle fortælle tre ledere, hvordan det gik, så kongen ikke mistede noget. Daniel var en af de tre ledere. Han klarede sit arbejde så godt, at kongen tænkte på at lade ham styre hele riget.
King Darius appointed 120 men, each to govern a different part of the kingdom. They were to report to three leaders on how things were going so the king wouldn’t lose anything. Daniel was one of the three leaders. He did his work so well that the king thought about putting him in charge of the whole kingdom.
