Discovery BoxDaniel 9:2 
Context9:2 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 9:18
Context9:18 Listen attentively, 5 my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins 6 and the city called by your name. 7 For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, 8 but because your compassion is abundant.
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 Heb “turn your ear.”
6 tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.
7 tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.
8 tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”
