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Daniel 9:1-2
International Children’s Bible
Daniel 9:1-2
International Children’s Bible
Daniel’s Prayer
9 These things happened during the first year Darius son of Xerxes was king. He was a descendant of the Medes. 2 During Darius’ first year as king, I, Daniel, was reading the Scriptures. In them I saw what the Lord told Jeremiah. He said Jerusalem would be an empty desert for 70 years.
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Daniel 9:1-2
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Daniel 9:1-2
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Daniel’s Prayer
9 In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy(C) years.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
- Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean
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