9 1 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the race of the Medes, who abecame kinga over the realm of the Chaldeans 2 [in the first year of his reign], I, Daniel, was considering in the Scriptures the number of the years that, according to the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, were to be completed for Jerusalem’s devastation, namely, seventy years. 3 Then I turned to the Lord God, seeking an answer from him by earnest prayer
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