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 ...