Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Yahuah came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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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;
2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Yahuah came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 And I set my face unto the Yahuah Elohim, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 And I prayed unto the Yahuah my Elohim, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful Elohim, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;