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Daniel 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports that in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a divine message was revealed to Daniel, who was also called Belteshazzar. This revelation arrives after Daniel’s documented service through the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus.
The words — The Hebrew phrase דָּבָר נִגְלָה (da.Var nig.Lah) literally means "a word was revealed." The passive verb form indicates the content originates from divine disclosure rather than human deduction.
The thread — The description of a true vision concerning future conflict parallels Daniel 8:26, which explicitly ties truth to a vision about the future. Daniel’s presence in the third year of Cyrus also aligns with the timeline notes in Daniel 1:21 and Daniel 6:28.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that prophetic understanding is granted, not earned, and that spiritual conflict is a defined reality. It demands acceptance that God communicates the scope of future events to specific witnesses for the purpose of recording them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Cross-references
- Daniel 1:21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
- Daniel 6:28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- Daniel 8:26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Daniel 1:7 The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
- Daniel 1:17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
- Genesis 41:32 Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
- Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
- Ezra 4:5 They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Ezra 5:13 In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.