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Daniel 9:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Daniel 9:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Daniel’s Prayer for the People
9 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans,(A) 2 I,[a] Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, must be fulfilled for the devastation of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.(B)
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- 9.2 Theodotion: Heb in the first year of his reign, I
Daniel 9:1-2
New International Version
Daniel 9:1-2
New International Version
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.
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- Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
- Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean
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