Daniel 9:1-2

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Daniel’s Prayer

9 These things happened during the first year that Darius son of Ahasuerus^[a] was king. Darius was a Mede by birth, but he was appointed to be the king of Babylon. ² During his first year as king, I was studying the Scriptures^[b] and noticed in the Lord’s message to Jeremiah that 70 years would pass before Jerusalem would be rebuilt.