Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ¹  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ²  that, according to the word of the LORD ³  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ⁴  were seventy in number.

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ⁵  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ⁶  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ⁷ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ⁸  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ⁹  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

¹ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

² tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

³ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

⁹ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.