Daniel Chapter 9 verse 2 Holy Bible
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
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In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.
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in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by the books that the number of the years, whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishment of the desolations of Jerusalem, was seventy years.
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In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
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in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, have understood by books the number of the years, (in that a word of Jehovah hath been unto Jeremiah the prophet,) concerning the fulfilling of the wastes of Jerusalem -- seventy years;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Understood.--He gave special attention to Jeremiah's prophecy of the seventy years of the Captivity. Two passages occur in that prophet's writings where the duration of the Captivity is mentioned (Jeremiah 25:11; Jeremiah 29:10), to the former of which Daniel refers (see especially Daniel 9:9; Daniel 9:11-12). It will be observed that there existed at this time a collection of sacred books, consisting of what had been already admitted into the Canon.Seventy years.--It appears from Haggai 1:2, Zechariah 1:12, that considerable uncertainty prevailed as to the time whence the seventy years were to be reckoned. It has been pointed out (Professor Leathes' Old Testament Prophecy, p. 179) that three periods of seventy years occur in connection with the Captivity:--(1) from B.C. 606, the date of Jeremiah's prophecy, to B.C. 536, the edict of Cyrus; (2) from B.C. 598, Jehoiachin's captivity, to B.C. 528, the period of Ezra 4:6; (3) from B.C. 588, the destruction of the Temple, to B.C. 518, the edict of Darius (Ezra 6:1). In the first year of Cyrus, seventy years had elapsed since the captivity of Daniel, but to him it was a question of melancholy importance whether his computation had begun at the right date. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewin the firstאַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ)Number - feminine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstyearבִּשְׁנַ֤ת (biš·naṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 8141: A yearof his reign,לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (lə·mā·lə·ḵōw)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counselI,אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: IDaniel,דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל (dā·nî·yêl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1840: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', the name of several Israelitesunderstoodבִּינֹ֖תִי (bî·nō·ṯî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 995: To separate mentally, understandfrom the sacred books,בַּסְּפָרִ֑ים (bas·sə·p̄ā·rîm)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, bookaccording to the wordדְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a causeof the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israeltoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toJeremiahיִרְמִיָ֣ה (yir·mi·yāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelitesthe prophet,הַנָּבִ֔יא (han·nā·ḇî)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophetthat the desolationלְחָרְב֥וֹת (lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruinof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israelwould lastלְמַלֹּ֛אות (lə·mal·lō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructStrong's 4390: To fill, be full ofseventyשִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm)Number - common pluralStrong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)years.שָׁנָֽה׃ (šā·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8141: A yearJump to PreviousAccomplish Accomplishing Books Completion Daniel Desolations First Jeremiah Jerusalem Meditated Namely Observed Perceived Prophet Reign Revealed Rule Seventy Understood Whereof Word
