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1In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was made king over the Chaldean kingdom #– #[#9:1 Dn 5:31; 6:1; 11:1]
2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be seventy.[#9:2 2Ch 36:21; Ezr 1:1; Jr 25:11–12; 29:10; Zch 7:5]
3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.[#9:3 Neh 1:4; Jb 2:8; Is 61:3; Lk 10:13]
4I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:
20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain of my God #– #[#9:20 Ps 145:18; Is 58:9; Dn 9:3; 10:12]
21while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, reached me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering.[#9:21 Dn 8:16; Lk 1:19,26; #9:21 Dn 8:1,15; #9:21 Ex 29:39; 1Kg 18:36; Ezr 9:4]
22He gave me this explanation: ‘Daniel, I’ve come now to give you understanding.[#9:22 Dn 8:16; 10:21; Zch 1:9]
23At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God. , So consider the message and understand the vision:[#9:23 added for clarity; #9:23 Dn 10:11,19; #9:23 Mt 24:15]