Daniel 10:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

Daniel 10:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. …
Ezra 9:4-5
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. …
Revelation 11:5
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

This vision is dated in the third year of Cyrus, that is, of his reign after the conquest of Babylon, his third year since Daniel became acquainted with him and a subject to him. Here is, I. A general idea of this prophecy (Dan. 10:1): The thing was true; every word of God is so; it was true that Daniel had such a vision, and that such and such things were said. This he solemnly attests upon the w…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. mourning--that is, afflicting myself by fasting from “pleasant bread, flesh and wine” (Da 10:3), as a sign of sorrow, not for its own sake. Compare Mt 9:14, “fast,” answering to “mourn” (Da 10:15). Compare 1Co 8:8; 1Ti 4:3, which prove that “fasting” is not an indispensable Christian obligation; but merely an outward expression of sorrow, and separation from ordinary worldly enjoyments, in orde…