* was preferred.
  Pr 22:29 
 * an.
  5:12,14  9:23  Ge 41:38-41  Ne 7:2  Pr 3:3,4  17:27  Ec 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.