IX.
(1) On Darius the Mede see Excursus D.
Was made king. — The phrase corresponds with “took the kingdom” (Daniel 5:31), and shows that Darius was not king by his own right, but that he received his authority from another — i.e., Cyrus.
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Daniel 9:1
1 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;