3
Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an aextraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the bentire kingdom.
b
Genesis 41:40, Esther 10:3
Genesis 41
40
"aYou shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you."
Esther 10
3
For Mordecai the Jew was asecond only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, bone who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.