Dan 9:2 | NASB2020 | STEP | in the first year of his reign , I, Daniel , observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem , namely, seventy years .

a 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5

b 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5

‏ Daniel 9:2

2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to ^aJeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, ^bseventy years.