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# General Information:
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Chapters 7 and 8 were not in chronological order. They happened while Belshazzar was still the king. Chapter 9 now returns to the events of the reign of Darius who became king in chapter 6.
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# It was Ahasuerus who had been made king over the realm of the Babylonians
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This is background information about who Ahasuerus was. The UDB places this in parentheses to make that clear. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# who had been made king over the realm of the Babylonians
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "who became king over the realm of the Babylonians" or "who conquered the Babylonians" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# over the realm
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"over the country" or "over the kingdom"
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# Yahweh
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This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
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# there would be seventy years until Jerusalem's abandonment would end
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"from the time Jerusalem was destroyed, it would remain in ruins for 70 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# abandonment
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this means no one would help or rebuild Jerusalem during that time
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/darius]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ahasuerus]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/mede]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reign]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/daniel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jeremiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]] |