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Daniel 6:3

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an: Daniel 5:12, Daniel 5:14, Daniel 9:23; Genesis 41:38-41; Nehemiah 7:2; Proverbs 3:3-4, Proverbs 17:27; Ecclesiastes 2:13

thought: Intended to make him grand vizier or emiru l umra:. Daniel had now been employed full sixty-five years as prime minister under the kings of Babylon; and was justly entitled, from his acknowledged wisdom, to this preference.

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