Reading for June 13th

Read Daniel 9.1-19 In 9.1-27: The seventy weeks. This chapter applies Jeremiah's prophecy of a 70-year exile (Jer 25.11, 12; 29.10) together with the calculation of the Jubilee year (Lev 25.8-17; "seven weeks of years") to predict the end of Antiochus' persecution. In verse 1: Ahasuerus: The Hebrew name for the Persian ruler Xerxes (see Esth 1.1; Ezra 4.6). Xerxes I (486-465 BCE) was the son of Darius I and Xerxes II (425 BCE) was the son of Artaxerxes I (465-425 BCE). Darius II (423-405 BCE) was the son of Xerxes II, and Darius II (336-330 BCE), the son of of Arses (338-336 BCE), was the last ruler of Persia; he was assassintated shortly after Alexander's final defeat of the Persian army. In verse 2-19: prayer nad supplication: Daniel employs a form of communal cofession and petition (compare Ezra 9.6-15; Neh 1.5-11; 9.6-37). In verse 11: The curse and the oath written in the law of Moses: See Lev 26.14-45; Deut 28.15-68; 29.10-29. Comments or Questions..