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Setting the Scene for Prayer
Commentators explain that this verse precisely dates Daniel's prayer. "Darius the Mede" was likely Cyaxares II, who was "made king" over Babylon by his more powerful relative, Cyrus the Persian, around 538 BC. This marks the transition from Babylonian to Medo-Persian rule and places Daniel's prayer right at the cusp of the promised end of the 70-year exile.
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 9:1
18th Century
Theologian
In the first year of Darius - See the notes at (Daniel 5:31), and Introduction to (Daniel 6:0) Section II. The king …
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 9:1
19th Century
Bishop
On Darius the Mede see Excursus D.
Was made king. —The phrase corresponds with took the kingdom ([Referenc…
Charles Spurgeon
On Daniel 9:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
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 the first y…
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John Calvin
On Daniel 9:1–3
16th Century
Theologian
In this chapter, Daniel will explain to us two things. First, how very ardently he was accustomed to pray when the time of redemption, specified by…
John Gill
On Daniel 9:1
17th Century
Pastor
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes
This is the same with Darius the Median…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 9:1–3
17th Century
Minister
Daniel learned from the books of the prophets, especially from Jeremiah, that the desolation of Jerusalem would continue seventy years, which were …