1Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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;
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here, 1. The angel Gabriel lets Daniel know the good service he has done to the Jewish nation (Dan. 11:1): “ In the first year of Darius the Mede , who destroyed Babylon and released the Jews out of that house of bondage, I stood a strength and fortress to him , that is, I was instrumental to protect him, and give him success in his ward, and, after he had conquered Babylon, to confirm him in his…
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