John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes ,.... Not only above the princes, but the presidents, being the first of them, as before: or, "he was victorious above them" F25 מתנצח "victorem se gerebat", Piscator, Michaelis. ; he got more credit and applause than they did, being more exact, diligent, and laborious, faithful, and conscientious: because an excellent spirit was in him ; meaning not a spirit of grace, piety, and religion, which the Heathen king was... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:1-5
We are told concerning Daniel, I. What a great man he was. When Darius, upon his accession to the crown of Babylon by conquest, new-modelled the government, he made Daniel prime-minister of state, set him at the helm, and made him first commissioner both of the treasury and of the great seal. Darius's dominion was very large; all he got by his conquests and acquests was that he had so many more countries to take care of; no more can be expected from himself than what one man can do, and... read more