John Trapp on Daniel 9:1
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Daniel9:1
CHAP. IX.
Ver. 1. IN the first year of Darius] i. e. Of Darius Priſcus, who, together with Cyrus the Perſian, took Babylon, and with it the kingdom or Monarchy of the Chaldaeans, chap. 5.31. by the conſent of Cyrus who married his daughter, and had the Kingdom of Media with her for a dowry, after Darius his death,Cyrop. l. 8. as Xenophon teſtifieth.
The ſon of Ahaſuerus] Called Cyaxares by the Greek hiſtorians. Both theſe names ſignify a great Prince, an Emperour: like as now we ſay the Great Turk, the Great Cham of Cataia, &c.
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