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Daniel 9:2

בִּשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֔ת לְמָלְכ֑וֹ אֲנִ֣י דָנִיֵּ֗אל בִּינֹ֣תִי בַסְּפָרִ֗ים מִסְפַּ֤ר הַשָּׁנִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר יְהוָה֙ אֶל יִרְמְיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא לְמַלֹּ֛אות לְחָרְב֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃
bishnat ʾaḥat lmalkvo ʾaniy daniyeʾl biynotiy baspariym mispar hashaniym ʾasher hayah dbar yhvah ʾel yirmyah hanabiyʾ lmaloʾvt lḥarbvot yrvshaliam shibʿiym shanah
King James Version (KJV)

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Modern English

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.

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