Daniel 9:1
 Daniel 9:1 
New International Version (© 2011)
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom--

King James Bible
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;

American Standard Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

Young's Literal Translation
In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

Daniel 9:1 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

In the first year on Darius - This is the same Darius the Mede, spoken of before, who succeeded Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans. See Daniel 5:31.

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A.M.

3466. B.C.

538. Darius.

Daniel 1:21 And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

Daniel 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about three score and two years old.

Daniel 6:1,28 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom...

Daniel 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

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.

Daniel 9:1 Parallel Commentaries
Ahasuerus Ahasu-E'rus Babylonian Birth Chaldaeans Chaldeans Chalde'ans Darius Descent First Kingdom Mede Medes Median Realm Ruler Seed Xerxes
Ahasuerus Ahasu-E'rus Babylonian Birth Chaldaeans Chaldeans Chalde'ans Darius Descent First Kingdom Mede Medes Median Realm Ruler Seed Xerxes
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Ezra 4:6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Esther 1:1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:
Daniel 1:4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.
Daniel 5:31 and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.
Daniel 11:1 And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)