His kingly power included the authority to establish statutes “according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which is not annulled. ” What the Bible says about Darius also gives us a glimpse of his personality as well as a cogent reason for the lack of secular information concerning him.
(‏ دانیال ۶ :‏ ۹ )‏ ما از طریق گزارش کتاب مقدس می‌توانیم اندکی با شخصیت داریوش آشنا شده ،‏ همچنین بخوبی دریابیم که چرا غیر از کتاب مقدس گزارش تاریخی دیگری در مورد این پادشاه مادی در دست نیست .‏