Commentary on Daniel Chapters 1-12 John Calvin
Daniel 9
CHAPTER 9
Daniel 9:1-3 1. In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
1. Anno uno, id est, primo, Darii filii Assueri e semine Medorum, qui rex fuit constitutus, 398 in regno Chaldaico.
2. In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
2. In anno primo, inquam, 399 regni illius, ego Daniel intellexi in libris numerum annorum, de quibus fuerat sermo Jehovae, ad ad Jeremiam prophetam, 400 ad implendum desolationem Jerusalem annos septuaginta.
3. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
3. Et levavi faciem meam ad Dominum Deum, ut quaererem oratione et precationibus, 401 cum jejunio, sacco, et cinere.
In this chapter Daniel will explain to us two things. First, how very ardently he was accustomed to pray when the time of redemption, specified by Jeremiah, drew nigh; and next, he will relate the answer he received from God to his earnest entreaties. These are the two divisions of this chapter. First, Daniel informs us how he prayed when he understood from books the number of the years. Whence we gather, that God does not here promise his 398Verbally, was crowned, ie, was king. — Calvin. 399He repeats the words, the first year. — Calvin. 400Some translate the word {{בינתיbinthni, I was attentive, I diligently considered, but this is of little consequence as to the sense. --- Calvin.
401Some take "prayers and supplications" for the accusative sense. — Calvin.