^12 (A)Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's ^(B)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, ^(C)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written ^(D)in the name of King Ahasuerus ^(E)and sealed with the king's signet ring.

^9 (A)The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to ^(B)the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces ^(C)from India to Ethiopia, ^(D)127 provinces, ^(E)to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

³ All the officials of the provinces and ^(A)the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

² Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather ^(A)the satraps, the prefects, and ^(B)the governors, the counsellors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ³ Then ^(C)the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counsellors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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.

² and over them ^(A)three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these ^(B)satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss. ³ Then this Daniel became ^(C)distinguished above all ^(D)the other presidents and ^(E)satraps, because ^(F)an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned ^(G)to set him over the whole kingdom.