1. Darius divided his kingdom into a hundred and twenty states and placed a governor in charge of each one.
2. In order to make sure that his government was run properly, Darius put three other officials in charge of the governors. One of these officials was Daniel.
3. And he did his work so much better than the other governors and officials that the king decided to let him govern the whole kingdom.
4. The other men tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel did his work for the king. But they could not accuse him of anything wrong, because he was honest and faithful and did everything he was supposed to do.