Chapter 9
Daniel's Prayer for His People
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In [the] first year [of] Darius, [the] son of Ahasuerus,[note: That is, Xerxes] from [the] offspring of [the] Medes, who became king over [the] kingdom of [the] Chaldeans--
in [the] first year [of] his kingship I, Daniel, observed in the scrolls the number of the years that it was [that were] to be fulfilled [according to] [the] word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet for the devastation of Jerusalem--seventy years.