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, ⁷⁸⁷⁸     Verbally, was crowned, ie, was king. — Calvin. 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, ⁷⁹⁷⁹     He repeats the words, the first year. — Calvin. regni illius, ego Daniel intellexi in libris numerum annorum, de quibus fuerat sermo Jehovae, ad ad Jeremiam prophetam, ⁸⁰⁸⁰     Some translate the word בינתי binthni, I was attentive, I diligently considered, but this is of little consequence as to the sense. — Calvin. 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, ⁸¹⁸¹     Some take “prayers and supplications” for the accusative sense. — Calvin. cum jejunio, sacco, et cinere.