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Daniel’s Prayer for His People

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus,[a] 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.

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  1. Daniel 9:1 That is, Xerxes

Nagaampo si Daniel alang sa mga Israelinhon

Si Darius nga Medianhon nga anak ni Ahasuerus[a] mao ang hari sa tibuok nga Babylon niadtong higayona. Sa unang tuig sa iyang paghari, nahibaloan ko gikan sa mga Kasulatan nga magpabilin nga guba ang Jerusalem sulod sa 70 ka tuig, sumala sa giingon sa Ginoo kang Propeta Jeremias.

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  1. 9:1 Ahasuerus usa sa ngalan ni Xerxes.

Daniel’s Prayer

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— 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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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean