Daniel 9:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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the first year: 426 B. C, Daniel being then eighty-seven. See App-50.

Darius. This is an appellative, and means the Maintainer or Restrainer: i.e. Cyrus. See App-57. and special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21.

Ahasuerus, an appellative. the venerable king Astyages. See App-57.

made king: i.e. Cyrus was appointed king of Babylon by Astyages his father.

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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;