Daniel 1:21
New Living Translation
21 Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus.[a]
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- 1:21 Cyrus began his reign (over Babylon) in 539 B.c.
Daniel 1:21
New American Standard Bible
21 And Daniel [a]continued until the (A)first year of Cyrus the king.
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- Daniel 1:21 Lit was until
Daniel 1:21
Amplified Bible
21 And Daniel remained there until the [a]first year of [the reign of] King Cyrus [over Babylon; now this was at the end of the seventy-year exile of Judah (the Southern Kingdom) in Babylonia, as foretold by Jeremiah].(A)
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- Daniel 1:21 Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, ruled from 559-529 b.c. He conquered the Median (549 b.c.), the Lydian (546 b.c.), and the Neo-Babylonian (539 b.c.) kingdoms and formed the greatest empire the world had ever known. He returned a remnant of the Jewish population from Babylon to Jerusalem along with an edict to rebuild the temple.
Daniel 1:21
The Message
21 Daniel continued in the king’s service until the first year in the reign of King Cyrus.
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