1In 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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Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We left Daniel, in the close of the foregoing chapter, employed in the king’s business ; but here we have him employed in better business than any king had for him, speaking to God and hearing from him, not for himself only, but for the church, whose mouth he was to God, and for whose use the oracles of God were committed to him , relating to the days of the Messiah. Observe, 1. When it was that D…
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