Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

In Context

2I Daniel understood by books the number of the years which was the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremias, even seventy years for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Daniel 5:31And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years old.

Daniel 6:28And Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:1

In this chapter we have, I. Daniel's prayer for the restoration of the Jews who were in captivity, in which he confesses sin, and acknowledges the justice of God in their calamities, but pleads God's promises of mercy which he had yet in store for them, ver. 1-19 . II. An immediate answer sent him by an angel to his prayer, in which, 1. He is assured of the speedy release of the Jews out of their captivity, ver. 20-23 . And, 2. He is informed concerning the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ (of which that… Read the whole commentary →

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