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Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 5:31

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Daniel5:31

31 And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old .

There were two of this name one called the Mede, another Darius called Persian. This in the Text was he that with Cyrus besieged, and took Babylon: he gave himself the name Darius, being before called Nabonnedus, he was chief in the siege, and first in the quarrel against the Chaldees.

Marginal references: Chald. he as the son of, &c.; Or, now.

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