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A hundred and twenty princes - A chief or satrap over every province which belonged to the Medo-Persian empire. Afterwards we find it enlarged to one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, by the victories of Cambyses and Darius Hystaspes. See Esther 1:1 . Josephus reckons three hundred and sixty satrapies or lordships; but this is most probably an exaggeration or mistake.
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