Dan 9:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Dan 9:1-19: 9:1-19 Daniel prayed for his people, realizing that Jerusalem’s seventy years of desolation were due to end. His prayer is comparable to prayers of Solomon (1 Kgs 8:14-61 ), Ezra (Ezra 9 ), and Nehemiah (Neh 9 ). God answered Daniel’s prayer very quickly (see study note on Dan 9:19; see also 9:20-27 ). 9:1 Darius the Mede: See study note on 5:31. • Ahasuerus is the Hebrew rendering of a Persian word taken into Greek as “Xerxes.” The father of Darius the Mede must have been a different Xerxes from the later Xerxes I, who reigned from 486 to 465 BC (see Esth 1:1 ); the time of this vision was 539 BC . It has been argued that the name Xerxes/Ahasuerus is an ancient throne name for Persian kings.

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‏ Daniel 9:1

Summary for Dan 9:1-19: 9:1-19 ^a Daniel prayed for his people, realizing that Jerusalem’s seventy years of desolation were due to end. His prayer is comparable to prayers of Solomon (1 Kgs 8:14-61 ^b), Ezra (Ezra 9 ^c), and Nehemiah (Neh 9 ^d). God answered Daniel’s prayer very quickly (see study note on Dan 9:19; see also 9:20-27 ^e). 9:1 ^f Darius the Mede: See study note on 5:31.

• Ahasuerus is the Hebrew rendering of a Persian word taken into Greek as “Xerxes.” The father of Darius the Mede must have been a different Xerxes from the later Xerxes I, who reigned from 486 to 465 BC (see Esth 1:1 ^g); the time of this vision was 539 BC. It has been argued that the name Xerxes/Ahasuerus is an ancient throne name for Persian kings.