Dan 10:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Dan 10:1-12:13: 10:1–12:13 This final vision reaches historically from 536 BC to a distant future when Daniel would be raised from the dead and receive his inheritance. All earthly kingdoms would be destroyed, the eternal kingdom of the Son of Man would arise, God’s people would finally be rescued, and death—the ultimate enemy—would be defeated. 10:1 The third year of the reign of King Cyrus was 536 BC , not long after Cyrus issued his decree for the peoples and nations to return to their ancestral homes (2 Chr 36:22-23 ; Ezra 1:1-2 ). Daniel’s prayer (Dan 9:4-19 ) had been answered—the Exile had ended. • Belteshazzar: See 1:7 .

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c2 Chr 36:22-23►

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eDan 9:4-19►

‏ Daniel 10:1

Summary for Dan 10:1-12:13: 10:1–12:13 ^a This final vision reaches historically from 536 BC to a distant future when Daniel would be raised from the dead and receive his inheritance. All earthly kingdoms would be destroyed, the eternal kingdom of the Son of Man would arise, God’s people would finally be rescued, and death—the ultimate enemy—would be defeated. 10:1 ^b The third year of the reign of King Cyrus was 536 BC, not long after Cyrus issued his decree for the peoples and nations to return to their ancestral homes (2 Chr 36:22-23 ^c; Ezra 1:1-2 ^d). Daniel’s prayer (Dan 9:4-19 ^e) had been answered—the Exile had ended.

• Belteshazzar: See 1:7 ^f.