Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den
1 King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province. 2 He also appointed me and two other men to be administrators, to supervise the governors and to be sure that they did the king’s work properly, in order that the king would not have to worry about anything. 3 I soon showed that I was ◄more capable/able to do the work better► than all the other administrators and the governors. Because of that, the king planned to appoint me to be in charge of the entire empire.