Dan 1:21 | TNotes | STEP | 1:21 the first year of the reign of King Cyrus: Cyrus the Great ruled over Persia (559–530 BC ), Media (from 549 BC ), and Babylon (from 539 BC ). He thus created the Persian Empire (539–331 BC ; see study notes on 5:30, 31; cp. Isa 45:1-2 ).

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‏ Daniel 1:21

1:21 ^a the first year of the reign of King Cyrus: Cyrus the Great ruled over Persia (559–530 BC), Media (from 549 BC), and Babylon (from 539 BC). He thus created the Persian Empire (539–331 BC; see study notes on 5:30, 31; cp. Isa 45:1-2 ^b).