Dan 5:31, 9:1 | TSK | STEP | Darius.This was Cyaxares, son of Astyages, king of Media, and maternal uncle to Cyrus, who allowed him the title of his conquests, as long as he lived. being. Chal. he as the son of, etc. about. or, now.

Daniel 5:31

Darius.This was Cyaxares, son of Astyages, king of Media, and maternal uncle to Cyrus, who allowed him the title of his conquests, as long as he lived.

6:1; 9:1

being. Chal. he as the son of, etc. about. or, now.

Daniel 9:1

1 Daniel, considering the time of the captivity,

3 makes confession of sins,

16 and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem.

20 Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks.

A.M. 3466. B.C. 538. Darius.

1:21; 5:31; 6:1,28; 11:1

Ahasuerus.This was the Astyages of the heathen historians; as we learn from Tobit 14:15, where the taking of Nineveh is ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar and Assuerus, who were the same with Nabopolassar and Astyages.

which. or, in which he, etc.