Daniel 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

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ASV

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

KJV

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER NINE (420)

Verse 1. "In the first year of the Darius who was the son of Ahasuerus of the race of the Medes and who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans, in the first year of his reign..." This is the Darius who in cooperation with Cyrus conquered the Chaldeans and Babylonians. We are not to think of that other Darius in the second year of whose reign the Temple was built (as Porphyry supposes in making out a late date for Daniel); nor are we to think of the Darius who was vanquished by Alexander, the king of the Macedonians.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In the first year of Darius - See the notes at Dan 5:31, and Introuction to Dan. 6 Section II. The king here referred to under this name was Cyaxares II, who lived between Astyages and Cyrus, and in whom was the title of king. He was the immediate successor of Belshazzar, and was the predecessor of Cyrus, and was the first of the foreign princes that reigned over Babylon. On the reasons why he is called in Daniel Darius, and not Cyaxares, see the Introduction to Dan. 6, Section II.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ahasuerus was a name common to many of the kings of Medo-Persia. made king--The phrase implies that Darius owed the kingdom not to his own prowess, but to that of another, namely, Cyrus.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת	bish.Nat	in year	H8141 →
אַחַ֗ת	'a.Chat	one	H259 →
לְדָרְיָ֛וֶשׁ	le.da.re.Ya.vesh	of Darius	H1867 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ	'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh	Ahasuerus	H325 →
מִזֶּ֣רַע	mi.Ze.ra'	one of [the] descendant[s] of	H2233 →
מָדָ֑י	ma.Dai	Media	H4074 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
הָמְלַ֔ךְ	ha.me.Lakh	he had been made king	H4427 →
עַ֖ל	'al	over	H5921 →
מַלְכ֥וּת	mal.Khut	[the] kingdom of	H4438 →
כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃	kas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 1:21
And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
leads to
- Daniel 10:1
  In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 6:28
  So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Through
Daniel 6:28
So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
leads to
- Daniel 1:21
  And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22
  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout…
- Isaiah 44:28
  who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
Through
Daniel 5:31
and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
leads to
- Daniel 6:1
  Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
Through
Daniel 11:1
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
leads to
- Daniel 5:31
  and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
- Acts 14:22
  strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.