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Daniel 9

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 12

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

2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by the scrolls the number of the years, which had been a Word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and holy desires, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

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Chapter Summary

Daniel prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks.

Key Hebrew Words

זֶ֣בַח sacrifice H2077 · TWOT 525a
מָֽעֲלוּ act unfaithfully H4603 · TWOT 1230
מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ Egypt H4714 · TWOT 1235
נָגִ֔יד leader H5057 · TWOT 1289b
עִירְ excitement H5892 · TWOT 1587a

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People & Context

Prayer and the Seventy Weeks

After understanding from Jeremiah the prophet's scrolls that Jerusalem's desolations would last seventy years, Daniel earnestly prayed and confessed t…

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Prayer and the Seventy Weeks

After understanding from Jeremiah the prophet's scrolls that Jerusalem's desolations would last seventy years, Daniel earnestly prayed and confessed the sins of his people. The man Gabriel appeared to give him understanding, decreeing seventy weeks concerning the people, the holy city, and Messiah the Ruler.

Daniel 9:1-27

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