Daniel 9:1 (YLT)

Passage

In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

Daniel 9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, have understood by books the number of the years, (in that a word of Jehovah hath been unto Jeremiah the prophet,) concerning the fulfilling of the wastes of Jerusalem--seventy years;

Daniel 9:3 and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek <FI>by<Fi> prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "first", "year", "darius", "ahasuerus", "seed", "medes", "hath", and "been". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "first" and "year", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "in the first year of his reign...", so "first" and "year" should be read forward into that movement. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "first" and "year" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.