according to the law] Esther 1. 19. and 8. 8. These Barons, through flattery towards Darius (partner with Cyrus in the conquest of Babel) of the nation of Media, required of him, that he would make a Law after the manner of his own Countrey, being now King of Chaldea. Others say that all this fell out in the Citie of Susan, a Province of Persia, subject to the Chaldeans, where Daniel was Governour, Daniel 8:2. and that in this Citie and Countrey the lawes of Persia were observed. altereth not] Chald. passeth not.