THE FIRST YEAR: 426 B. C, Daniel being then eighty-seven. See App-50. DARIUS. This is an appellative, and means the Maintainer or Restrainer: i.e. Cyrus. See App-57. and special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21. AHASUERUS, an appellative. the venerable king Astyages. See App-57. MADE KING: i.e. Cyrus w... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTOOD. came to an understanding; perceived, or observed. Hebrew. _bin,_ to separate or distinguish. Implying that he had not known this before. BY BOOKS. by the writings [of Jeremiah]. Jeremiah 29:1; Jeremiah 29:10, as well as Dan 25:11. Note the definite Article in the Hebrew. THE NUMBER OF... [ Continue Reading ]
SET MY FACE. Knowledge of Jehovah's words quickened his spiritual interest in them. THE LORD*. One of the 134 cases in which the _Sopherim_ state that they altered "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". See App-32. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the (true) God. App-4. TO SEEK. to worsh... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:40). App-92. MY GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. O LORD*, THE GREAT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 7:9). App-92. GOD. Hebrew El App-4. THE COVENANT. Note the Art.. the covenant [made of ol... [ Continue Reading ]
WE. Note that Daniel associates himself with his People. Compare Nehemiah 1. and Dan 9:33-38. Ezra 9:5. WICKEDLY. lawlessly. Hebrew. _rasha,_ App-44. REBELLED. revolted. Hebrew. _marad._ Usually of revolt against Deity or royalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE IN THY NAME. Compare Hebrews 1:1. Compare Exodus 7:1 with Exodus 4:16, and see App-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Hebrew Adonai. App-4. ALL ISRAEL. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. NEAR, &C. Compare Deuteronomy 4:27. 2Ki 17:6, 2 Kings 17:7; Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 24:9; Amos 9:9. and see Acts 2:36. TRESPASS... TRESPASSED. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. MERCIES. compassions.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEYED. hearkened to. BY. by the hand of.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _'abar._ App-44. THEREFORE THE CURSE IS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14, &c. Deuteronomy 27:15, &c.; Dan 28:15, &c; Dan 29:20. Dan 30:17, Dan 30:18. Dan 31:17. Dan 32:19). IS POURED UPON. hath come pouring upon. MOSES THE SERVANT OF GOD. See note on 1 Chronicle... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFIRMED HIS WORDS: i.e. by His prophets since the giving of the law (2 Kings 17:13.Isaiah 44:26; Lamentations 2:17; Zechariah 1:6). WORDS. Hebrew margin, with some codices, and one early printed edition, read "word" (singular) Hebrew text, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "words" (plura... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. According as. IT IS WRITTEN, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14, &c. Deuteronomy 28:15, &c, as above). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATCHED. Compare Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 44:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST BROUGHT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:1; Exodus 6:6; Exodus 12:41; Exodus 14:18; Exodus 32:11). App-92. GOTTEN THEE RENOWN. made Thee. Name.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. BECAUSE FOR OUR SINS... FATHERS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5). App-92. BECOME. REPROACH. Compare Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:8; Jeremiah 44:12.Ezekiel 5:14;... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:25; Numbers 6:26). App-92. FOR THE LORD'S* SAKE. Septuagint reads "for Thy servants' sake".... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE EYES. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. WHICH IS CALLED BY THY NAME: or, upon which Thy name has been called. WE. Others were praying with Daniel.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO. perform [it].... [ Continue Reading ]
GABRIEL. See note on Daniel 8:16. This prophecy is not given by. "prophet", but by an angel or hierophant (who shows sacred things) to. prophet. It is therefore. most transcendent prophecy. ABOUT THE TIME, &C. Compare similar important occasions: David (2 Samuel 24:15, note); Elijah (1 Kings 18:29)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE INFORMED ME. The Syriac reads "Yea, he came". TO GIVE THEE SKILL, &C. = to teach thee understanding, or to make thee wise as to, &c. Note the special emphasis as to the admonition for ourselves in the Structures below. It is not. vision that requires _interpretati_. _n_, but. direct prophecy... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVENTY WEEKS. Seventy sevens: i.e. of years. Not on any "yearday" theory. If "days" had been intended, it would be so expressed, as in Daniel 10:3 (compare Leviticus 25:8). Moreover, "years" had been the subject of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:2). The last "seven" is "one", and it is divided in half i... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOW THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND. Note this second admonition, as shown in the Structure ("25-") above. FROM THE GOING FORTH, &C. : i.e. in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes (= the great king: i.e. Astyages), 454 B.C. See notes on Nehemiah 2:1; Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 13:4. Also App-50 and App-58. COM... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THREESCORE AND TWO WEEKS. The definite Article here marks this period, as the one just mentioned in Daniel 9:24, i.e. after the 483 years. How long "after" is not stated; but it must surely be either immediately or very soon after the Messiah was thus presented and proclaimed in and to Jerusal... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT. make. firm covenant: i.e. the little horn will do this at the beginning of the last seven years. See note below on "one week". It may even be the beginning of the 2,300 days of Daniel 8:14. Compare Daniel 11:21. THE COVENANT. a covenant. MANY. the many. ONE WEEK. Thi... [ Continue Reading ]