,the ,book of ,daniel ,unlocked    ,,by 
,w4 ,s4 ,,auchincloss1 ,c4,e4           
,,author ,,of ,,link ,,and ,,valve      
,,motions 7,,published ,,in ,,berlin    
,,as1  ,,scheiber-,,und                 
,,coulissensteurungen4 ,,published ,,in 
,,holland  ,,as1 ,,stoomschuif-,,en     
,,schaarbeweginen74 ,,author ,,of       
,,ninety ,,days ,,in ,,the ,,tropics1   
,,also ,,of  ,,waters ,,within ,,the    
,,earth ,,and  ,,laws ,,of ,,rainfall   
,,introduction ,,by    ,a4 ,h4 ,,sayce1 
,,ll4,d4    ,,queen',s ,,college1       
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 ,,oxford4      ,,september #d1 #aijb4  
,mr4 ,auchincloss has asked me to prefix
 a few words of introduction to  his    
book3    ,there is little to say1 as the
 book tells its own tale--clear and to  
the point4    ,he has very rightly taken
 the sidereal year as the basis of  his 
calculations2 any other system of       
computation ends only in  difficulties4 
,but the reader will find other         
novelties1 not the least among them     
being the fact that the prophecies of   
,daniel are made to end with  the       
beginning of the history of the         
,christian ,church1 instead  of         
lengthening out into a still unknown    
future2 this is a great  advance on     
previous interpreters4 ,and he will     
doubtless be struck by  calculations    
according to which the #abij ,days of   
the ,hebrew ,prophet  terminated in     
,a4,d4 #cc4    ,illustration3 signature 
of ,a4 ,h4 ,sayce4           ,,assouan1 
,,egypt1      ,,january #ag1 #aije4     
,thus far ,i had written in #aijb4      

,since then the public has shown that   
it can appreciate good work by the      
rapidity with which copy after  copy of 
,mr4 ,auchincloss' little book has been 
called for4 ,it is now  issued once more
 with additions and improvements1 but   
otherwise in  an unchanged form4        
,there is one paragraph in it to which  
the ,assyriologist is now able  to add a
 few words4 ,mr4 ,auchincloss draws     
attention to the sense of  completeness 
and perfection which is associated in   
the ,old ,testament1  not only with the 
number seven1 but also with the number  
ten4 ,it  has long been known that the  
,babylonians possessed a week of seven  
days4 ,but it is only recently that ,i  
have pointed out that they  also        
possessed a week of five days4 ,besides 
the week of five days1  however1 there  
was a double week of ten days1 the month
 consisting  of thirty days and being   
divided into three equal parts4         
,illustration3 signature of ,a4 ,h4     
,sayce4           ,,preface4    ,this   

study of the ,book of ,daniel is based  
on the conviction1 that  its word is in 
very deed the ,word of ,god4 ,in        
approaching the subject  we have brought
 to the solution of its problems only   
such numerals  as were known to the     
ancient ,hebrews and to the writers of  
the ,new  ,testament4 ,numerals that    
were symbolized in their feasts and were
  current before times of rejoicing4    
,but towering over all1 we have  brought
 ,god's own standard of time1 viz3 the  
sidereal year1 which the  greatest of   
modern astronomers ,laplace and         
,herschel tell us has not  varied the   
#a_/ajj part of a second of time in the 
last #bjjj years4 ,we  did so under the 
conviction that if the ,book of ,daniel 
was of human  origin1 a piece of        
historic fiction1 it could not stand    
this severe  test1 yet if it was truly  
the ,word of ,god it would be found     
resting  on that bed rock1 viz3--a year 
whose length was        #cfe days1 #f   
hours1 #i minutes and #i-f_/aj seconds  

a period unknown to the ancients but    
given to us by modern science4  ,the    
,book has stood the test and its true   
character comes out in bold  relief4    
,without a perfectly fitting key1 the   
tendency of its readers is to  treat the
 ,book lightly1 call in question its    
statements and smile at  its prophecies4
 ,time1 however1 vindicates the         
statements of ,daniel  and fixes on them
 the seal of truth4 ,also1 newly-found  
inscriptions  both on rocks and tablets1
 together with ancient writings composed
  in those times1 bring to confusion    
adverse criticism4    ,the ,book of     
,daniel is a most important part of the 
,word of ,god1  and is set like a gem   
among jewels4 ,its words of warning were
  sounded #fjj years before the         
destruction of ,jerusalem by ,titus4    
,its  prophecies are like mile-stones   
along the highway of ,jewish history1   
each one bringing the observer nearer to
 ,messiah's kingdom1 to that  ,great and
 ,notable day of the ,lord--,pentecost  

of ,a4,d4 #cc--when the  ,holy ,spirit  
was manifested to the ,jews1 also nearer
 to ,a4,d4 #ci1 the  year of the        
manifestation to the ,gentiles4 ,daniel 
alone of all the  prophets received     
,divine illumination regarding these    
dates4 ,they  mark the remotest boundary
 of his book1 and therefore bar the way 
to  fanciful conclusions in regard to   
later times4 ,read aright1 ,daniel's    
words have no uncertain sound1 they are 
definite and exact like the  forecast of
 an astronomer4    ,viewed from every   
standpoint the grand old ,president of  
the ,chaldean  ,court had a character of
 rare beauty and symmetry1 that will    
continue  to shine throughout the ages4 
,he will stand in his lot to the end  of
 the days2 the noblest example of human 
courage coupled with  unquestioning     
faith1 the typical companion1 the       
nobleman1 courtier1  seer and           
,prophet2--,a ,,man ,,greatly ,,beloved6
          ,,contents4                   
,,page    ,introduction by ,prof4 ,a4   

,h4 ,sayce1 ,,ll4,d4             #g     
,preface                                
#i        ,the ,book of ,daniel1 with   
interpretation4    ,part  ,i4  ,historic
 ,section                       #ag-di  
,part ,,ii4  ,prophetic ,section        
#ec-he      ,,notes4      ,notes4       
,jewish ,independence ,day              
#ia            ,a4  ,darius1 or         
,cyaxares                       #ie     
,b4  ,the ,sum of the ,matters          
#ii          ,c4  ,days                 
#ajc          ,d4  ,two ,thousand and   
,three ,hundred ,days      #ajg         
,e4  ,the ,exodus from ,persia          
#aac          ,f4  ,date of the         
,crucifixion                  #aae      
,,chronology4      ,the ,birth of       
,christ4 ,see accompanying ,chart       
#aba    ,years in the ,life of ,christ  
#abg    ,years in the ,life of ,herod   
#abi    ,asmonean ,dynasty              
#aca    ,reigns of the ,chaldean and    
,medo-,persian ,kings      #acc         
,,the ,,book ,,of ,,daniel4             

,,part ,i4    ,,historic ,,section4     
,,chapter ,i4 ,,written ,,in ,,hebrew4  
,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #fjf4    #a4 ,in the  
third year of the reign of ,jehoiakim   
king of ,judah came  ,nebuchadnezzar    
king of ,babylon unto ,jerusalem1 and   
besieged it4        --,this siege took  
place in ,b4,c4 #fjf4 ,verse #e says    
that      ,daniel and the royal captives
 received #c years' training      and   
verse #ah shows that at the end of #c   
years they      graduated4 ,this brings 
us to the year ,b4,c4 #fjc which        
chapter #b verse #a says was the #bnd of
 ,nebuchadnezzar's      reign1          
consequently ,nebuchadnezzar began to   
reign in      ,b4,c4 #fje4 ,this date   
agrees with the figures given in the    
,almagesta of ,ptolemy1 also with the   
statements of ,berosus4      ,besides it
 harmonizes perfectly the ,bible account
 of      the first #e years in          
,jehoiakim's reign1 as set forth in     
,jeremiah ,,xxv1 ,,xxvi1 ,,xxvii1       
,,xxxv1 ,,xxxvi1 ,,xlv1 ,,xlvi1 and     

,,ii ,kings ,,xxiv4 ,still further a    
draughtsman can plot it      on a chart1
 with the same accuracy that a surveyor 
can      map a piece of land1 provided  
he governs his work by that             
remarkable group of locking-dates set   
forth in ,jeremiah      ,,xxv4 #a4 #b4  
#c4 and ,ezekiel ,,xl4 #a1 also takes   
full account      of the historic events
 which happened in the #ast1 #gth1      
#hth1 #ahth1 and #aith years of         
,nebuchadnezzar's reign4 ,it      thus  
will become manifest that ,daniel and   
his companions      were taken captive  
in the ,summer of ,b4,c4 #fjf4    #b4   
,and the ,lord gave ,jehoiakim king of  
,judah into his hand1 with part  of the 
vessels of the house of ,god3 which he  
carried into the land of  ,shinar to the
 house of his god3 and he brought the   
vessels into the  treasure house of his 
god4        ,as foretold in ,jeremiah   
,,xxix4 #aj4 the captivity of ,judah    
lasted #gj years1 ,b4,c4 #fjf to ,b4,c4 
#ecf1 when the ,lord      stirred up the

 spirit of ,cyrus to proclaim freedom to
 the      captives4 ,ezra #ast4 chap4   
,isaiah ,,xliv4 #bh4    #c4 ,and the    
king spake unto ,ashpenaz the master of 
his eunuchs1 that  he should bring      
certain of the children of ,israel1 and 
of the  king's seed1 and of the princes2
    #d4 ,children in whom was no        
blemish1 but well favoured1 and skilful 
in all wisdom1 and cunning in knowledge1
 and understanding science1  and such as
 had ability in them to stand in the    
king's palace1 and  whom they might     
teach the learning and the tongue of the
 ,chaldeans4        --,precisely as     
foretold by the prophet ,isaiah1 more   
than a      century prior to the event4 
,isaiah ,,xxxix4 #g4    #e4 ,and the    
king appointed them a daily provision of
 the king's meat1  and of the wine which
 he drank3 so nourishing them three     
years1 that  at the end thereof they    
might stand before the king4    #f4 ,now
 among these were of the children of    
,judah1 ,daniel1 ,hananiah1  ,mishael1  

and ,azariah3    #g4 ,unto whom the     
prince of the eunuchs gave names3 for he
 gave unto  ,daniel the name of         
,belteshazzar2 and to ,hananiah1 of     
,shadrach2 and  to ,mishael1 of         
,meshach2 and to ,azariah1 of           
,abed-nego4    #h4 ,but ,daniel purposed
 in his heart that he would not defile  
himself  with the portion of the king's 
meat1 nor with the wine which he  drank3
 therefore he requested of the prince of
 the eunuchs that he  might not defile  
himself4        --,though these three   
men1 ,noah1 ,daniel1 and ,job were      
in it1 they should deliver but their own
 souls by their      righteousness4     
,ezekiel ,,xiv4 #ad4 ,note in passing1  
that      by order of birth these names 
should be read ,noah1 ,job      and     
,daniel4 ,however1 according to a custom
 common among      the writers of       
,scripture1 the line of ,divine favor   
was      followed in preference to the  
order of birth4 ,for example1           
,japheth1 ,ham1 ,shem was the order of  

birth2 but the records      stands3     
,these are the generations of the sons  
of ,noah2      ,shem1 ,ham and ,japheth4
 ,so too we read of ,abram1 ,nahor1     
and ,haran when the order of birth was  
,haran1 ,nahor and      ,abram4 ,also of
 ,aaron and ,moses and ,miriam1 when the
 true      order was ,miriam1 ,aaron and
 ,moses4    #i4 ,now ,god had brought   
,daniel into favour and tender love with
 the  prince of the eunuchs4    #aj4    
,and the prince of the eunuchs said unto
 ,daniel1 ,i fear my lord  the king1 who
 hath appointed your meat and your      
drink3 for why should  he see your faces
 worse liking than the children which   
are of your  sort8 then shall ye make me
 endanger my head to the king4    #aa4  
,then said ,daniel to ,melzar1 whom the 
prince of the eunuchs had  set over     
,daniel1 ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and       
,azariah1    #ab4 ,prove thy servants1  
,i beseech thee1 ten days2 and let them 
give  us pulse to eat1 and water to     
drink4        ,the ,scriptures          

everywhere associate a sense of         
completeness and perfection with the    
numeral #g1 also with      the numeral  
#aj4 ,the ,mosaic ,law teems with       
instances of      this sort4 ,a         
,sabbatic period covered #g years4      
,sprinklings      were administered #g  
times1 feasts lasted #g days1 priests   
carried #g trumpets1 ,jericho was       
compassed #g times1 ,naaman      bathed 
#g times in the ,jordan1 a servant bowed
 #g times      to his lord and so on4   
,as to the numeral #aj1 the ,law        
had #aj commandments1 the tabernacle had
 #aj curtains1      #aj pillars1 #aj    
sockets4 ,after the ,israelites had     
tempted      the ,lord #aj times1 they  
were condemned to die in the            
wilderness4 ,ten plagues were inflicted 
on the ,egyptians4      ,in the matter  
of taxation1 the herd was divided into  
#aj parts and one part set aside for the
 ,lord4        ,when ,nebuchadnezzar    
tested ,daniel and his companions1 he   
found them #aj times better than all the

 magicians and      astrologers4 ,thus  
we see plainly that the numerals #g and 
#aj conveyed the idea of completeness   
and perfection to the      ,hebrew mind4
    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #fjc4    #ac4     
,then let our countenances be looked    
upon before thee1 and the  countenance  
of the children that eat of the portion 
of the king's  meat3 and as thou seest1 
deal with thy servants4    #ad4 ,so he  
consented to them in this matter1 and   
proved them ten days4    #ae4 ,and at   
the end of ten days their countenances  
appeared fairer and  fatter in flesh    
than all the children which did eat the 
portion of  the king's meat4    #af4    
,thus ,melzar took away the portion of  
their meat1 and the wine  that they     
should drink2 and gave them pulse4      
#ag4 ,as for these four children1 ,god  
gave them knowledge and skill in  all   
learning and wisdom3 and ,daniel had    
understanding in all visions  and       
dreams4        --,behold art thou wiser 
than ,daniel4 ,ezekiel ,,xxviii4 #c4    

#ah4 ,now at the end of the days that   
the king had said he should  bring them 
in1 then the prince of the eunuchs      
brought them in before  ,nebuchadnezzar4
        --,at the end of the #c years   
spoken of in verse #e4    #ai4 ,and the 
king communed with them2 and among them 
all was found  none like ,daniel1       
,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and ,azariah3      
therefore stood  they before the king4  
#bj4 ,and in all matters of wisdom and  
understanding1 that the  king enquired  
of them1 he found them ten times better 
than all the  magicians and astrologers 
that were in all his realm4    #ba4 ,and
 ,daniel continued even unto the first  
year of king ,cyrus4        ,cyrus began
 to reign1 as king of ,persia in ,b4,c4 
#eeh1 just      twenty years prior to   
his conquest of ,babylon in ,b4,c4 #ech4
      ,the verse of course refers to the
 first year of his reign      as king of
 ,babylon4 ,in the following chapter the
 narrative      goes back to ,b4,c4 #fjc
 which as already explained was the     

#bnd year of ,nebuchadnezzar's          
individual reign4 ,his father           
,nabopolassar was still on the throne in
 ,b4,c4 #fjf1 but on      his death in  
,b4,c4 #fje ,nebuchadnezzar returned at 
once to      ,babylon and was made king1
 with full authority4      ,,chapter    
,,ii4 ,,hebrew ,,and ,,syriac4          
,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #fjc4    #a4 ,and in  
the second year of the reign of         
,nebuchadnezzar1  ,nebuchadnezzar       
dreamed dreams1 wherewith his spirit was
 troubled1 and  his sleep brake from    
him4    #b4 ,then the king commanded to 
call the magicians1 and the             
astrologers1 and the sorcerers1 and the 
,chaldeans1 for to show the  king his   
dreams4 ,so they came and stood before  
the king4    #c4 ,and the king said unto
 them1 ,i have dreamed a dream1 and my  
spirit  was troubled to know the dream4 
,from this point to the end of the ,,vi 
chapter ,daniel wrote      in the       
,syriac language4 ,the rest of the book 
was written      in ,hebrew4 ,in our own

 day men of affairs converse and        
write in several languages4 ,evidently  
one who was fitted      to preside over 
#abj princes had many languages at his  
command4    #d4 ,then spake the         
,chaldeans to the king in ,syriack1 ,o  
king1 live  for ever2 tell thy servants 
the dream1 and we will shew the         
interpretation4    #e4 ,the king        
answered and said to the ,chaldeans1    
,the thing is gone  from me3 if ye will 
not make known unto me the dream1 with  
the  interpretation thereof1 ye shall be
 cut in pieces1 and your houses  shall  
be made a dunghill4    #f4 ,but if ye   
shew the dream1 and the interpretation  
thereof1 ye shall  receive of me gifts  
and rewards and great honour3 therefore 
shew me  the dream1 and the             
interpretation thereof4    #g4 ,they    
answered again and said1 ,let the king  
tell his servants the  dream1 and we    
will shew the interpretation of it4     
#h4 ,the king answered and said1 ,i know
 of certainty that ye would gain  the   

time1 because ye see the thing is gone  
from me4    #i4 ,but if ye will not make
 known unto me the dream1 there is but  
one decree for you3 for ye have prepared
 lying and corrupt words  to speak      
before me1 till the time be changed3    
therefore tell me  the dream1 and ,i    
shall know that ye can shew me the      
interpretation  thereof4    #aj4 ,the   
,chaldeans answered before the king1 and
 said1 ,there is not  a man upon the    
earth that can shew the king's matter3  
therefore  there is no king1 lord1 nor  
ruler1 that asked such things at any    
magician1 or astrologer1 or ,chaldean4  
#aa4 ,and it is a rare thing that the   
king requireth1 and there is  none other
 that can shew it before the king1      
except the gods1 whose  dwelling is not 
with flesh4    #ab4 ,for this cause the 
king was angry and very furious1 and    
commanded  to destroy all the wise men  
of ,babylon4    #ac4 ,and the decree    
went forth that the wise men should be  
slain2  and they sought ,daniel and his 

fellows to be slain4    #ad4 ,then      
,daniel answered with counsel and wisdom
 to ,arioch the  captain of the king's  
guard1 which was gone forth to slay the 
wise  men of ,babylon3    #ae4 ,he      
answered and said to ,arioch the king's 
captain1 ,why is the  decree so hasty   
from the king8 ,then ,arioch made the   
thing known to  ,daniel4    #af4 ,then  
,daniel went in1 and desired of the king
 that he would give  him time1 and that 
he would shew the king the              
interpretation4    #ag4 ,then ,daniel   
went to his house1 and made the thing   
known to  ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and      
,azariah1 his companions3    #ah4 ,that 
they would desire mercies of the ,god of
 heaven concerning  this secret2 that   
,daniel and his fellows should not      
perish with the  rest of the wise men of
 ,babylon4    #ai4 ,then was the secret 
revealed unto ,daniel in a night vision4
 ,then  ,daniel blessed the ,god of     
heaven4    #bj4 ,daniel answered and    
said1 ,blessed be the name of ,god for  

ever and  ever3 for wisdom and might are
 his3    #ba4 ,and he changeth the times
 and the seasons3 he removeth kings1 and
  setteth up kings3 he giveth wisdom    
unto the wise1 and knowledge to  them   
that know understanding3    #bb4 ,he    
revealeth the deep and secret things3 he
 knoweth what is in  the darkness1 and  
the light dwelleth with him4    #bc4 ,i 
thank thee1 and praise thee1 ,o thou    
,god of my fathers1 who hast  given me  
wisdom and might and hast made known    
unto me now what we  desired of thee3   
for thou hast now made known unto us the
 king's  matter4    #bd4 ,therefore     
,daniel went in unto ,arioch1 whom the  
king had ordained  to destroy the wise  
men of ,babylon3 he went and said thus  
unto him2  ,destroy not the wise men of 
,babylon3 bring me in before the king1  
and ,i will shew unto the king the      
interpretation4    #be4 ,then ,arioch   
brought in ,daniel before the king in   
haste1 and said  thus unto him1 ,i have 
found a man of the captives of ,judah1  

that will  make known unto the king the 
interpretation4    #bf4 ,the king       
answered and said to ,daniel1 whose name
 was  ,belteshazzar1 ,art thou able to  
make known unto me the dream which  ,i  
have seen1 and the interpretation       
thereof8    #bg4 ,daniel answered in the
 presence of the king1 and said1 ,the   
secret  which the king hath demanded    
cannot the wise men1 the astrologers1   
the magicians1 the soothsayers1 shew    
unto the king2    #bh4 ,but there is a  
,god in heaven that revealeth secrets1  
and maketh  known to the king           
,nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the    
latter days4  ,thy dream1 and the       
visions of thy head upon thy bed1 are   
these3    #bi4 ,as for thee1 ,o king1   
thy thoughts came into thy mind upon    
thy bed1 what should come to pass       
hereafter3 and he that revealeth        
secrets maketh known to thee what shall 
come to pass4    #cj4 ,but as for me1   
this secret is not revealed to me for   
any wisdom  that ,i have more than any  

living1 but for their sakes that shall  
make known the interpretation to the    
king1 and that thou mightest  know the  
thoughts of thy heart4    #ca4 ,thou1 ,o
 king1 sawest1 and behold a great image4
 ,this great image1  whose brightness   
was excellent1 stood before thee2 and   
the form  thereof was terrible4    #cb4 
,this image's head was of fine gold1 his
 breast and his arms of  silver1 his    
belly and his thighs of brass1    #cc4  
,his legs of iron1 his feet part of iron
 and part of clay4    #cd4 ,thou sawest 
till that a stone was cut out without   
hands1 which  smote the image upon his  
feet that were of iron and clay1 and    
brake  them to pieces4    #ce4 ,then was
 the iron1 the clay1 the brass1 the     
silver1 and the gold1  broken to pieces 
together1 and became like the chaff of  
the summer  threshingfloors2 and the    
wind carried them away1 that no place   
was  found for them3 and the stone that 
smote the image became a great          
mountain1 and filled the whole earth4   

#cf4 ,this is the dream2 and we will    
tell the interpretation thereof  before 
the king4    #cg4 ,thou1 ,o king1 art a 
king of kings3 for the ,god of heaven   
hath  given thee a kingdom1 power1 and  
strength1 and glory4    #ch4 ,and       
wheresoever the children of men dwell1  
the beasts of the  field and the fowls  
of the heaven hath he given into thine  
hand1 and  hath made thee ruler over    
them all4 ,thou art this head of gold4  
#ci4 ,and after thee shall arise another
 kingdom inferior to thee        --the  
,medo-,persian--    and another third   
kingdom of brass1 which shall bear rule 
over all  the earth        --the        
,macedonian4    #dj4 ,and the fourth    
kingdom shall be as strong as iron3     
--the ,roman ,empire--    forasmuch as  
iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
 things3 and as  iron that breaketh all 
these1 shall it break in pieces and     
bruise4    #da4 ,and whereas thou sawest
 the feet and toes1 part of potters'    
clay1  and part of iron1 the kingdom    

shall be divided2 but there shall be  in
 it of the strength of the iron1        
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron  mixed
 with miry clay4    #db4 ,and as the    
toes of the feet were part of iron1 and 
part of  clay1 so the kingdom shall be  
partly strong1 and partly broken4       
#dc4 ,and whereas thou sawest iron mixed
 with miry clay1 they shall  mingle     
themselves with the seed of men3 but    
they shall not cleave one  to another1  
even as iron is not mixed with clay4    
#dd4 ,and in the days of these kings    
shall the ,god of heaven set up a       
kingdom1 which shall never be destroyed3
 and the kingdom shall not be  left to  
other people1 but it shall break in     
pieces and consume all  these kingdoms1 
and it shall stand for ever4        ,the
 birth of ,christ took place in ,b4,c4  
#b1 in the palmiest      days of the    
,roman ,empire4 ,the angel ,gabriel     
declared1      thou shalt call his name 
,jesus4 ,he shall be great and          
shall be called the ,son of the         

,highest2 and the ,lord ,god      shall 
give unto him the throne of his father  
,david2 and      he shall reign over the
 house of ,jacob for ever2 and of       
his kingdom there shall be no           
end4--,luke ,i4 #ca4--,the      right of
 taxation is the prerogative of         
sovereign power4      ,when therefore   
,augustus ,caesar began to enroll the   
,jews      for purposes of taxation in  
,b4,c4 #b the power of the holy         
people was at an end and the full time  
of prophecy had      arrived4 ,it was   
then that ,christ was born in ,bethlehem
      of ,judea4 ,the ,sceptre shall not
 depart from ,judah1 nor      a lawgiver
 from between his feet1 until ,shiloh   
come2 and      unto him shall the       
gathering of the people be4--,genesis   
,,xlix4 #aj4    #de4 ,forasmuch as thou 
sawest that the stone was cut out of the
  mountain without hands1 and that it   
brake in pieces the iron1 the  brass1   
the clay1 the silver1 and the gold2 the 
great ,god hath made  known to the king 

what shall come to pass hereafter3 and  
the dream  is certain1 and the          
interpretation thereof sure4    #df4    
,then the king ,nebuchadnezzar fell upon
 his face1 and worshipped  ,daniel1 and 
commanded that they should offer an     
oblation and sweet  odours unto him4    
#dg4 ,the king answered unto ,daniel1   
and said1 ,of a truth it is1 that  your 
,god is a ,god of gods1 and a ,lord of  
kings1 and a revealer of  secrets1      
seeing thou couldest reveal this secret4
    #dh4 ,then the king made ,daniel a  
great man1 and gave him many great      
gifts1 and made him ruler over the whole
 province of ,babylon1 and  chief of the
 governors over all the wise men of     
,babylon4    #di4 ,then ,daniel         
requested of the king1 and he set       
,shadrach1 ,meshach1  and ,abed-nego1   
over the affairs of the province of     
,babylon3 but  ,daniel sat in the gate  
of the king4      ,,chapter ,,iii4      
,,syriac4    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #eic4    
#a4 ,nebuchadnezzar the king made an    

image of gold1 whose height was         
threescore cubits1 and the breadth      
thereof six cubits3 he set it up  in the
 plain of ,dura1 in the province of     
,babylon4        --,the dream described 
in the previous chapter1 seems to       
have touched the inventive genius of    
king ,nebuchadnezzar in      a way1 that
 inspired him to produce a mechanically 
perfect      image--a casting of gold of
 priceless value--especially      strong
 in every part1 and one in which there  
were no planes      of weakness         
whatever4 ,an image that seemed to bid  
defiance      to the course of events   
foreshadowed by the prophet ,daniel4    
#b4 ,then ,nebuchadnezzar the king sent 
to gather together the princes1  the    
governors1 and the captains1 the judges1
 the treasurers1 the  counsellors1 the  
sheriffs1 and all the rulers of the     
provinces1 to  come to the dedication of
 the image which ,nebuchadnezzar the    
king had  set up4        --,doubtless it
 was in response to this invitation that

      ,zedekiah visited ,babylon in the 
#dth year of his reign4      ,jer4 ,,li4
 #ei to #fd4    #c4 ,then the princes1  
the governors1 and captains1 the judges1
 the  treasurers1 the counsellors1 the  
sheriffs1 and all the rulers of the     
provinces1 were gathered together unto  
the dedication of the image  that       
,nebuchadnezzar the king had set up2 and
 they stood before the  image that      
,nebuchadnezzar had set up4    #d4 ,then
 an herald cried aloud1 ,to you it is   
commanded1 ,o people1  nations1 and     
languages1    #e4 ,that at what time ye 
hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1    
harp1  sackbut1 psaltery1 dulcimer1 and 
all kinds of musick1 ye fall down  and  
worship the golden image that           
,nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up4   
--,a monarch so wealthy and whose sway  
covered so many      lands1 must have   
had at his command musicians1 highly    
skilled in the use of a great variety of
 musical      instruments1 gathered both
 from ,europe and ,asia4    #f4 ,and    

whoso falleth not down and worshippeth  
shall the same hour be  cast into the   
midst of a burning fiery furnace4    #g4
 ,therefore at that time1 when all the  
people heard the sound of  the cornet1  
flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and all 
kinds of musick1  all the people1 the   
nations1 and the languages1 fell down1  
and  worshipped the golden image that   
,nebuchadnezzar the king had set up4    
#h4 ,wherefore at that time certain     
,chaldeans came near1 and accused  the  
,jews4        ,at the time of the       
,babylonian captivity the ,hebrews began
      to be known as ,jews1 or          
inhabitants of ,judea4    #i4 ,they     
spake and said to the king              
,nebuchadnezzar1 ,o king1 live for      
ever4    #aj4 ,thou1 ,o king1 hast made 
a decree1 that every man that shall     
hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1    
harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and  dulcimer1 
and all kinds of musick1 shall fall down
 and worship the  golden image3    #aa4 
,and whoso falleth not down and         

worshippeth1 that he should be  cast    
into the midst of a burning fiery       
furnace4    #ab4 ,there are certain     
,jews whom thou hast set over the       
affairs of  the province of ,babylon1   
,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego2    
these men1  ,o king1 have not regarded  
thee3 they serve not thy gods1 nor      
worship  the golden image which thou    
hast set up4    #ac4 ,then              
,nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury    
commanded to bring  ,shadrach1 ,meshach1
 and ,abed-nego4 ,then they brought     
these men before  the king4    #ad4     
,nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto     
them1 ,is it true1  ,o ,shadrach1       
,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 do not ye     
serve my gods1 nor  worship the golden  
image which ,i have set up8    #ae4 ,now
 if ye be ready that at what time ye    
hear the sound of the  cornet1 flute1   
harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and dulcimer1  
and all kinds  of musick1 ye fall down  
and worship the image which ,i have     
made2  well3 but if ye worship not1 ye  

shall be cast the same hour into  the   
midst of a burning fiery furnace2 and   
who is that ,god that  shall deliver you
 out of my hands8    #af4 ,shadrach1    
,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 answered and  
said to the king1  ,o ,nebuchadnezzar1  
we are not careful to answer thee in    
this matter4    #ag4 ,if it be so1 our  
,god whom we serve is able to deliver us
 from  the burning fiery furnace1 and he
 will deliver us out of thine  hand1 ,o 
king4    #ah4 ,but if not1 be it known  
unto thee1 ,o king1 that we will not    
serve  thy gods1 nor worship the golden 
image which thou hast set up4    #ai4   
,then was ,nebuchadnezzar full of fury1 
and the form of his visage  was changed 
against ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and        
,abed-nego3 therefore  he spake1 and    
commanded that they should heat the     
furnace one seven  times more than it   
was wont to be heated4        --,or1 #h 
times as hot as the usual temperature4  
,the      numeral #g expressed the      
utmost intensity known to the king4     

#bj4 ,and he commanded the most mighty  
men that were in his army to  bind      
,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 and
 to cast them into the  burning fiery   
furnace4    #ba4 ,then these men were   
bound in their coats1 their hosen1 and  
their  hats1 and their other garments1  
and were cast into the midst of the     
burning fiery furnace4    #bb4          
,therefore because the king's           
commandment was urgent1 and the  furnace
 exceeding hot1 the flame of the fire   
slew those men that took  up ,shadrach1 
,meshach1 and ,abed-nego4        --,this
 seems to have been what is technically 
called      back-draught1 which those   
who are skilled in feeding      furnaces
 are careful to guard against1 but which
 a soldier      knows nothing about4    
#bc4 ,and these three men1 ,shadrach1   
,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 fell down     
bound into the midst of the burning     
fiery furnace4    #bd4 ,then            
,nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied1  
and rose up in haste1  and spake1 and   

said unto his counsellors1 ,did not we  
cast three men  bound into the midst of 
the fire8 ,they answered and said unto  
the  king1 ,true1 ,o king4    #be4 ,he  
answered and said1 ,lo1 ,i see four men 
loose1 walking in the  midst of the     
fire1 and they have no hurt2 and the    
form of the fourth  is like the ,son of 
,god4    #bf4 ,then ,nebuchadnezzar came
 near to the mouth of the burning fiery 
furnace1 and spake1 and said1 ,shadrach1
 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 ye  servants 
of the most high ,god1 come forth1 and  
come hither4 ,then  ,shadrach1 ,meshach1
 and ,abed-nego1 came forth of the midst
 of the fire4    #bg4 ,and the princes1 
governors1 and captains1 and the king's 
counsellors1 being gathered together1   
saw these men1 upon whose  bodies the   
fire had no power1 nor was an hair of   
their head singed1  neither were their  
coats changed1 nor the smell of fire had
 passed  on them4    #bh4 ,then         
,nebuchadnezzar spake1 and said1        
,blessed be the ,god  of ,shadrach1     

,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1 who hath sent 
his angel1 and  delivered his servants  
that trusted in him1 and have changed   
the  king's word1 and yielded their     
bodies1 that they might not serve nor   
worship any god1 except their own ,god4 
#bi4 ,therefore ,i make a decree1 ,that 
every people1 nation1 and  language1    
which speak any thing amiss against the 
,god of ,shadrach1  ,meshach1 and       
,abed-nego1 shall be cut in pieces1 and 
their houses  shall be made a dunghill3 
because there is no other ,god that can 
deliver after this sort4    #cj4 ,then  
the king promoted ,shadrach1 ,meshach1  
and ,abed-nego1 in the  province of     
,babylon4      ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,syriac4
    #a4 ,nebuchadnezzar the king1 unto  
all people1 nations1 and languages1     
that dwell in all the earth2 ,peace be  
multiplied unto you4    #b4 ,i thought  
it good to shew the signs and wonders   
that the high ,god  hath wrought toward 
me4    #c4 ,how great are his signs6 and
 how mighty are his wonders6 his        

kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and  
his dominion is from  generation to     
generation4    #d4 ,i ,nebuchadnezzar   
was at rest in mine house1 and          
flourishing in my  palace3    #e4 ,i saw
 a dream which made me afraid1 and the  
thoughts upon my bed  and the visions of
 my head troubled me4    #f4 ,therefore 
made ,i a decree to bring in all the    
wise men  of ,babylon before me1 that   
they might make known unto me the       
interpretation of the dream4    #g4     
,then came in the magicians1 the        
astrologers1 the ,chaldeans1 and  the   
soothsayers3 and ,i told the dream      
before them2 but they did not  make     
known unto me the interpretation        
thereof4    #h4 ,but at the last ,daniel
 came in before me1 whose name was      
,belteshazzar1 according to the name of 
my god1 and in whom is the  spirit of   
the holy gods3 and before him ,i told   
the dream1 saying1    #i4 ,o            
,belteshazzar1 master of the magicians1 
because ,i know that  the spirit of the 

holy gods is in thee1 and no secret     
troubleth  thee1 tell me the visions of 
my dream that ,i have seen1 and the     
interpretation thereof4    #aj4 ,thus   
were the visions of mine head in my bed2
 ,i saw1 and behold  a tree in the midst
 of the earth1 and the height thereof   
was great4    #aa4 ,the tree grew1 and  
was strong1 and the height thereof      
reached  unto heaven1 and the sight     
thereof to the end of all the earth3    
#ab4 ,the leaves thereof were fair1 and 
the fruit thereof much1 and  in it was  
meat for all3 the beasts of the field   
had shadow under  it1 and the fowls of  
the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof1 
and all  flesh was fed of it4    #ac4 ,i
 saw in the visions of my head upon my  
bed1 and1 behold1 a  watcher and an holy
 one came down from heaven2    #ad4 ,he 
cried aloud1 and said thus1 ,hew down   
the tree1 and cut off his  branches1    
shake off his leaves1 and scatter his   
fruit3 let the beasts  get away from    
under it1 and the fowls from his        

branches3    #ae4 ,nevertheless leave   
the stump of his roots in the earth1    
even with  a band of iron and brass1 in 
the tender grass of the field2 and let  
it be wet with the dew of heaven1 and   
let his portion be with the  beasts in  
the grass of the earth3    #af4 ,let his
 heart be changed from man's1 and let a 
beast's heart be  given unto him2 and   
let seven times pass over him4          
,in view of the fact that               
,nebuchadnezzar's probation lasted      
for #ab months1 see verse #bi1 it is    
reasonable to suppose      that his     
dementia lasted for #g months1 or until 
the moon      had passed over him #g    
times1 a period long enough to          
permit a rank growth of both hair and   
nails and yet short      enough for a   
regency to hold his kingdom together    
without      losing hope of his final   
recovery4 ,besides the events in        
the years of his reign are too well     
known to admit of a      much longer    
season of affliction4    #ag4 ,this     

matter is by the decree of the watchers1
 and the demand  by the word of the holy
 ones3 to the intent that the living may
 know  that the most ,high ruleth in the
 kingdom of men1 and giveth it to       
whomsoever he will1 and setteth up over 
it the basest of men4    #ah4 ,this     
dream ,i king ,nebuchadnezzar have seen4
 ,now thou1  ,o ,belteshazzar1 declare  
the interpretation thereof1 forasmuch as
 all  the wise men of my kingdom are not
 able to make known unto me the         
interpretation3 but thou art able2 for  
the spirit of the holy gods  is in thee4
    #ai4 ,then ,daniel1 whose name was  
,belteshazzar1 was astonied for  one    
hour1 and his thoughts troubled him4    
,the king spake1 and said1              
,belteshazzar1 let not the dream1 or the
 interpretation thereof1  trouble thee4 
,belteshazzar answered and said1 ,my    
lord1 the dream  be to them that hate   
thee1 and the interpretation thereof to 
thine  enemies4    #bj4 ,the tree that  
thou sawest1 which grew1 and was strong1

 whose  height reached unto the heaven1 
and the sight thereof to all the  earth2
    #ba4 ,whose leaves were fair1 and   
the fruit thereof much1 and in it  was  
meat for all2 under which the beasts of 
the field dwelt1 and  upon whose        
branches the fowls of the heaven had    
their habitation3    #bb4 ,it is thou1  
,o king1 that art grown and become      
strong3 for thy  greatness is grown1 and
 reacheth unto heaven1 and thy dominion 
to the  end of the earth4    #bc4 ,and  
whereas the king saw a watcher and an   
holy one coming down  from heaven1 and  
saying1 ,hew the tree down1 and destroy 
it2 yet leave  the stump of the roots   
thereof in the earth1 even with a band  
of iron  and brass1 in the tender grass 
of the field2 and let it be wet with    
the dew of heaven1 and let his portion  
be with the beasts of the  field1 till  
seven times pass over him2    #bd4 ,this
 is the interpretation1 ,o king1 and    
this is the decree of  the most ,high1  
which is come upon my lord the king3    

#be4 ,that they shall drive thee from   
men1 and thy dwelling shall be  with the
 beasts of the field1 and they shall    
make thee to eat grass  as oxen1 and    
they shall wet thee with the dew of     
heaven1 and seven  times shall pass over
 thee1 till thou know that the most     
,high ruleth  in the kingdom of men1 and
 giveth it to whomsoever he will4       
#bf4 ,and whereas they commanded to     
leave the stump of the tree roots2  thy 
kingdom shall be sure unto thee1 after  
that thou shalt have known  that the    
heavens do rule4    #bg4 ,wherefore1 ,o 
king1 let my counsel be acceptable unto 
thee1 and  break off thy sins by        
righteousness1 and thine iniquities by  
shewing  mercies to the poor2 if it may 
be a lengthening of thy tranquillity4   
#bh4 ,all this came upon the king       
,nebuchadnezzar4    #bi4 ,at the end of 
twelve months he walked in the palace of
 the  kingdom of ,babylon4    #cj4 ,the 
king spake1 and said1 ,is not this great
 ,babylon1 that ,i have  built for the  

house of the kingdom by the might of my 
power1 and for  the honour of my        
majesty8    #ca4 ,while the word was in 
the king's mouth1 there fell a voice    
from  heaven1 saying1 ,o king           
,nebuchadnezzar1 to thee it is spoken2  
,the  kingdom is departed from thee4    
#cb4 ,and they shall drive thee from    
men1 and thy dwelling shall be  with the
 beasts of the field3 they shall make   
thee to eat grass as  oxen1 and seven   
times shall pass over thee1 until thou  
know that the  most ,high ruleth in the 
kingdom of men1 and giveth it to        
whomsoever  he will4    #cc4 ,the same  
hour was the thing fulfilled upon       
,nebuchadnezzar3 and  he was driven from
 men1 and did eat grass as oxen1 and his
 body was  wet with the dew of heaven1  
till his hairs were grown like eagles'  
feathers1 and his nails like birds'     
claws4    #cd4 ,and at the end of the   
days ,i ,nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine  
eyes  unto heaven1 and mine             
understanding returned unto me and ,i   

blessed  the most ,high1 and ,i praised 
and honoured him that liveth for ever1  
whose dominion is an everlasting        
dominion1 and his kingdom is  from      
generation to generation3    #ce4 ,and  
all the inhabitants of the earth are    
reputed as nothing3  and he doeth       
according to his will in the army of    
heaven1 and among  the inhabitants of   
the earth3 and none can stay his hand1  
or say unto  him1 ,what doest thou8     
#cf4 ,at the same time my reason        
returned unto me2 and for the glory  of 
my kingdom1 mine honour and brightness  
returned unto me2 and my  counsellors   
and my lords sought unto me2 and ,i was 
established in my  kingdom1 and         
excellent majesty was added unto me4    
#cg4 ,now ,i ,nebuchadnezzar praise and 
extol and honour the ,king of  heaven1  
all whose works are truth1 and his ways 
judgment3 and those  that walk in pride 
he is able to abase4      ,,chapter ,v4 
,,syriac4    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #ech4    
#a4 ,belshazzar the king made a great   

feast to a thousand of his lords1  and  
drank wine before the thousand4         
--,according to the ,almagesta of       
,ptolemy1 ,nabonadios the      father of
 ,belshazzar ruled ,babylon for #ag     
years4 ,during      the last #c years of
 his reign the court and the army were  
under the control of his son who became 
acting king4 ,the      three tablets of 
,belshazzar fully establish his identity
      and the annalistic tablet of      
,cyrus throws much light on      the    
affairs of the ,chaldean court during   
the last years of      the joint-reign4 
,it reads like a nice piece of detective
      work4    #b4 ,belshazzar1 whiles  
he tasted the wine1 commanded to bring  
the  golden and silver vessels which his
 father ,nebuchadnezzar had taken  out  
of the temple which was in ,jerusalem2  
that the king1 and his  princes1 his    
wives1 and his concubines1 might drink  
therein4        --,belshazzar's mother  
was a daughter of ,nebuchadnezzar       
and the word ,father is used in the     

sense of grandfather1      exactly as in
 ,,ii ,samuel #ai4 #bd4 ,mephibosheth is
 spoken of      as the son of ,saul1    
when in fact he was the grandson of     
,saul4    #c4 ,then they brought the    
golden vessels that were taken out of   
the  temple of the house of ,god which  
was at ,jerusalem2 and the king1  and   
his princes1 his wives1 and his         
concubines1 drank in them4    #d4 ,they 
drank wine1 and praised the gods of     
gold1 and of silver1 of  brass1 of iron1
 of wood1 and of stone4    #e4 ,in the  
same hour came forth fingers of a man's 
hand1 and wrote  over against the       
candlestick upon the plaister of the    
wall of the  king's palace3 and the king
 saw the part of the hand that wrote4   
#f4 ,then the king's countenance was    
changed1 and his thoughts troubled  him1
 so that the joints of his loins were   
loosed1 and his knees smote  one against
 another4    #g4 ,the king cried aloud  
to bring in the astrologers1 the        
,chaldeans1  and the soothsayers4 ,and  

the king spake1 and said to the wise    
men of ,babylon1 ,whosoever shall read  
this writing1 and shew me the           
interpretation thereof1 shall be clothed
 with purple1        --,r4,v4--    and  
have a chain of gold about his neck1 and
 shall be the third  ruler in the       
kingdom4        --,first ,nabonadios1   
second ,belshazzar1 his son1 and third  
the ,interpreter4    #h4 ,then came in  
all the king's wise men3 but they could 
not read  the writing1 nor make known to
 the king the interpretation thereof4   
#i4 ,then was the king ,belshazzar      
greatly troubled1 and his countenance   
was changed in him1 and his lords were  
astonied4    #aj4 ,now the queen by     
reason of the words of the king and his 
lords  came into the banquet house3 and 
the queen spake and said1 ,o  king1 live
 for ever3 let not thy thoughts trouble 
thee1 nor let thy  countenance be       
changed4        --,this queen was the   
wife of ,nabonadios and mother of       
,belshazzar4 ,her death is recorded on  

the annalistic      tablet of ,cyrus4   
,her funeral rites were conducted by    
,cambyses in the ,temple of the ,sceptre
 of the world1 and      his free will   
offerings aggregated ,ten times the     
usual      amount1 a most appropriate   
tribute to the daughter of              
,nebuchadnezzar1 that wonderful warrior1
 engineer and man      of letters4      
#aa4 ,there is a man in thy kingdom1 in 
whom is the spirit of the  holy gods2   
and in the days of thy father light and 
understanding and  wisdom1 like the     
wisdom of the gods1 was found in him2   
whom the king  ,nebuchadnezzar thy      
father1 the king1 ,i say1 thy father1   
made master  of the magicians1          
astrologers1 ,chaldeans1 and            
soothsayers2    #ab4 ,forasmuch as an   
excellent spirit1 and knowledge1 and    
understanding1 interpreting of dreams1  
and shewing of hard sentences1  and     
dissolving of doubts1 were found in the 
same ,daniel1 whom the  king named      
,belteshazzar3 now let ,daniel be       

called1 and he will shew  the           
interpretation4    #ac4 ,then was       
,daniel brought in before the king4 ,and
 the king spake  and said unto ,daniel1 
,art thou that ,daniel1 which art of the
  children of the captivity of ,judah1  
whom the king my father brought  out of 
,jewry8    #ad4 ,i have even heard of   
thee1 that the spirit of the gods is in 
thee1 and that light and understanding  
and excellent wisdom is  found in thee4 
#ae4 ,and now the wise men1 the         
astrologers1 have been brought  in      
before me1 that they should read this   
writing1 and make known  unto me the    
interpretation thereof3 but they could  
not shew the  interpretation of the     
thing3    #af4 ,and ,i have heard of    
thee1 that thou canst make              
interpretations1  and dissolve doubts3  
now if thou canst read the writing1 and 
make  known to me the interpretation    
thereof1 thou shalt be clothed with     
purple1        --,r4,v4--    and have a 
chain of gold about thy neck1 and shalt 

be the third  ruler in the kingdom4     
#ag4 ,then ,daniel answered and said    
before the king1 ,let thy gifts be  to  
thyself1 and give thy rewards to        
another2 yet ,i will read the  writing  
unto the king1 and make known to him the
 interpretation4    #ah4 ,o thou king1  
the most high ,god gave ,nebuchadnezzar 
thy father a  kingdom1 and majesty1 and 
glory1 and honour3    #ai4 ,and for the 
majesty that he gave him1 all people1   
nations1 and  languages1 trembled and   
feared before him3 whom he would he     
slew2 and  whom he would he kept alive2 
and whom he would he set up2 and whom he
  would he put down4    #bj4 ,but when  
his heart was lifted up1 and his mind   
hardened in pride1  he was deposed from 
his kingly throne1 and they took his    
glory from  him3    #ba4 ,and he was    
driven from the sons of men2 and his    
heart was made  like the beasts1 and his
 dwelling was with the wild asses3 they 
fed him with grass like oxen1 and his   
body was wet with the dew of  heaven2   

till he knew that the most high ,god    
ruled in the kingdom of  men1 and that  
he appointeth over it whomsoever he     
will4    #bb4 ,and thou his son1 ,o     
,belshazzar1 hast not humbled thine     
heart1  though thou knewest all this2   
#bc4 ,but hast lifted up thyself against
 the ,lord of heaven2 and they  have    
brought the vessels of his house before 
thee1 and thou1 and thy  lords1 thy     
wives1 and thy concubines1 have drunk   
wine in them2 and  thou hast praised the
 gods of silver1 and gold1 of brass1    
iron1 wood1  and stone1 which see not1  
nor hear1 nor know3 and the ,god in     
whose  hand thy breath is1 and whose are
 all thy ways1 hast thou not  glorified3
    #bd4 ,then was the part of the hand 
sent from him2 and this writing was     
written4    #be4 ,and this is the       
writing that was written1 ,,mene1       
,,mene1 ,,tekel1  ,,upharsin4    #bf4   
,this is the interpretation of the      
thing3 ,,mene2 ,god hath  numbered thy  
kingdom1 and finished it4    #bg4       

,,tekel2 ,thou art weighed in the       
balances1 and art found wanting4    #bh4
 ,,peres2 ,thy kingdom is divided1 and  
given to the ,medes and  ,persians4     
#bi4 ,then commanded ,belshazzar1 and   
they clothed ,daniel with purple1       
--,r4,v4--    and put a chain of gold   
about his neck1 and made a proclamation 
concerning him1 that he should be the   
third ruler in the kingdom4    #cj4 ,in 
that night was ,belshazzar the king of  
the ,chaldeans slain4    #ca4 ,and      
,darius the ,median took the kingdom1   
being about threescore  and two years   
old4        --,after ,cyrus entered     
,babylon and pacified its inhabitants   
he started on other expeditions and     
temporarily placed on      the throne   
his uncle ,cyaxares1 king of the ,medes1
 who was      known as ,darius among his
 new subjects1 a name less liable       
to be confused with that of his         
illustrious nephew4 ,it is      a well  
known fact1 that expediency often       
determines the      choice of an        

official name for the sovereign4 ,thus  
the      present king of ,england might 
have been known as ,albert ,i1          
instead of ,edward ,,vii4 ,for full     
explanation see ,,note ,a4              
,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,syriac4    ,sidenote3 
,b4,c4 #ech4    #a4 ,it pleased ,darius 
to set over the kingdom an hundred and  
twenty  princes1 which should be over   
the whole kingdom2    #b4 ,and over     
these three presidents2 of whom ,daniel 
was first3 that  the princes might give 
accounts unto them1 and the king should 
have  no damage4    #c4 ,then this      
,daniel was preferred above the         
presidents and princes1  because an     
excellent spirit was in him2 and the    
king thought to set  him over the whole 
realm4    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #ecg4    #d4
 ,then the presidents and princes sought
 to find occasion against  ,daniel      
concerning the kingdom2 but they could  
find none occasion nor  fault2 forasmuch
 as he was faithful1 neither was there  
any error or  fault found in him4    #e4

 ,then said these men1 ,we shall not    
find any occasion against this  ,daniel1
 except we find it against him          
concerning the law of his ,god4    #f4  
,then these presidents and princes      
assembled together to the king1  and    
said thus unto him1 ,king ,darius1 live 
for ever4    #g4 ,all the presidents of 
the kingdom1 the governors1 and the     
princes1  the counsellors1 and the      
captains1 have consulted together to    
establish a royal statute1 and to make a
 firm decree1 that whosoever  shall ask 
a petition of any ,god or man for thirty
 days1 save of thee1  ,o king1 he shall 
be cast into the den of lions4    #h4   
,now1 ,o king1 establish the decree1 and
 sign the writing1 that it  be not      
changed1 according to the law of the    
,medes and ,persians1 which  altereth   
not4    #i4 ,wherefore king ,darius     
signed the writing and the decree4      
#aj4 ,now when ,daniel knew that the    
writing was signed1 he went  into his   
house2 and his windows being open in his

 chamber toward  ,jerusalem1 he kneeled 
upon his knees three times a day1 and   
prayed1  and gave thanks before his     
,god1 as he did aforetime4    #aa4 ,then
 these men assembled1 and found ,daniel 
praying and making  supplication before 
his ,god4    #ab4 ,then they came near1 
and spake before the king concerning the
  king's decree2 ,hast thou not signed a
 decree1 that every man that  shall ask 
a petition of any ,god or man within    
thirty days1 save of  thee1 ,o king1    
shall be cast into the den of lions8    
,the king answered  and said1 ,the thing
 is true1 according to the law of the   
,medes and  ,persians1 which altereth   
not4    #ac4 ,then answered they and    
said before the king1 ,that ,daniel1    
which  is of the children of the        
captivity of ,judah1 regardeth not thee1
  ,o king1 nor the decree that thou hast
 signed1 but maketh his petition  three 
times a day4    #ad4 ,then the king1    
when he heard these words1 was sore     
displeased  with himself1 and set his   

heart on ,daniel to deliver him3 and he 
laboured till the going down of the sun 
to deliver him4    #ae4 ,then these men 
assembled unto the king1 and said unto  
the king1  ,know1 ,o king1 that the law 
of the ,medes and ,persians is1 ,that no
  decree nor statute which the king     
establisheth may be changed4    #af4    
,then the king commanded1 and they      
brought ,daniel1 and cast him  into the 
den of lions4 ,now the king spake and   
said unto ,daniel1 ,thy  ,god whom thou 
servest continually1 he will deliver    
thee4    #ag4 ,and a stone was brought1 
and laid upon the mouth of the den2 and 
the king sealed it with his own signet1 
and with the signet of his  lords2 that 
the purpose might not be changed        
concerning ,daniel4    #ah4 ,then the   
king went to his palace1 and passed the 
night fasting3  neither were instruments
 of musick brought before him3 and his  
sleep  went from him4    #ai4 ,then the 
king arose very early in the morning1   
and went in haste  unto the den of      

lions4    #bj4 ,and when he came to the 
den1 he cried with a lamentable voice   
unto ,daniel3 and the king spake and    
said to ,daniel1 ,o ,daniel1  servant of
 the living ,god1 is thy ,god1 whom thou
 servest continually1  able to deliver  
thee from the lions8    #ba4 ,then said 
,daniel unto the king1 ,o king1 live for
 ever4    #bb4 ,my ,god hath sent his   
angel1 and hath shut the lions' mouths1 
that  they have not hurt me3 forasmuch  
as before him innocency was found in    
me2 and also before thee1 ,o king1 have 
,i done no hurt4    #bc4 ,then was the  
king exceeding glad for him1 and        
commanded that  they should take ,daniel
 up out of the den4 ,so ,daniel was     
taken up  out of the den1 and no manner 
of hurt was found upon him1 because he  
believed in his ,god4        --,hebrews 
,,xi4 #cb1 #cc4    #bd4 ,and the king   
commanded1 and they brought those men   
which had  accused ,daniel1 and they    
cast them into the den of lions1 them1  
their children1 and their wives2 and the

 lions had the mastery of  them1 and    
brake all their bones in pieces or ever 
they came at the  bottom of the den4    
#be4 ,then king ,darius wrote unto all  
people1 nations1 and languages1  that   
dwell in all the earth2 ,peace be       
multiplied unto you4    #bf4 ,i make a  
decree1 ,that in every dominion of my   
kingdom men tremble  and fear before the
 ,god of ,daniel3 for he is the living  
,god1  and stedfast for ever1 and his   
kingdom that which shall not be         
destroyed1 and his dominion shall be    
even unto the end4    #bg4 ,he          
delivereth and rescueth1 and he worketh 
signs and wonders in  heaven and in     
earth1 who hath delivered ,daniel from  
the power of the  lions4    #bh4 ,so    
this ,daniel prospered in the reign of  
,darius1 and in the reign  of ,cyrus the
 ,persian4        ,here ends the        
historical portion of the book of       
,daniel4          ,,part ,,ii4          
,,prophetic ,,section4                  
,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,hebrew4    ,sidenote3

 ,b4,c4 #eda4    #a4 ,in the first year 
of ,belshazzar king of ,babylon ,daniel 
had a dream  and visions of his head    
upon his bed3 then he wrote the dream1  
and  told the sum of the matters4    #b4
 ,daniel spake and said1 ,i saw in my   
vision by night1 and1 behold1  the four 
winds of the heaven strove upon the     
great sea4        --,the known world4-- 
#c4 ,and four great beasts came up from 
the sea1 diverse one from  another4     
--,symbolical of ,four powerful         
dynasties4--    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4 #dij4 
#d4 ,the first was like a lion1 and had 
eagle's wings3        --,medo-,persian  
empire4--    ,i beheld till the wings   
thereof were plucked1        --,persia  
defeated by ,greece at ,marathon4--     
and it was lifted up from the earth1 and
 made stand upon the feet as  a man1 and
 a man's heart was given unto it4       
--,was transformed by ,greek art and    
civilization4    #e4 ,and behold another
 beast1 a second1 like to a bear1       
--,the ,hellenes1 or ,greece and her    

colonies in their palmy      days--     
and it raised up itself on one side1    
--faced in the direction of ,persia--   
and it had three ribs in the mouth of it
 between the teeth of it3        --#c   
columns of strength1 viz3--,athens1     
,sparta and ,thebes4      ,the vision   
made its appearance #ba years before the
      ,alliance was formed4 ,the ribs   
therefore1 had not knit in      place   
when the heavenly visitor made known the
 fact of      their future union4 ,the  
alliance lasted #ic years1 see          
,thucydides ,,iii4 #fi4--    and they   
said thus unto it1 ,arise1 devour much  
flesh        --destroy hundreds of      
thousands in your ,persian and civil    
wars4    #f4 ,after this ,i beheld1 and 
lo another1 like a leopard1             
--,the ,macedonian ,empire--    which   
had upon the back of it four wings of a 
fowl2 the beast had  also four heads2   
and dominion was given to it4           
,philip king of ,macedon subjugated the 
disunited ,greek      ,states at the    

battle of ,chaeronea in ,b4,c4 #cch1 and
      ,alexander the ,great conquered a 
kingdom extending from      ,greece to  
,india in ,b4,c4 #ccf4    #g4 ,after    
this ,i saw in the night visions1 and   
behold a fourth beast1  dreadful and    
terrible1        --,roman ,empire4--    
and strong exceedingly2 and it had great
 iron teeth3 it devoured and  brake in  
pieces1 and stamped the residue with the
 feet of it3 and it  was diverse        
--a republic1 not a kingdom--    from   
all the beasts that were before it2 and 
it had #aj horns4        --verse #bd1   
the rulers following the ,jugurthine    
war4    #h4 ,i considered the horns1    
and1 behold1 there came up among them   
another little horn1        --the family
 of the ,caesars--    before whom there 
were three of the first horns plucked up
 by the  roots3 and1 behold1 in this    
horn were eyes like the eyes of a man1  
and a mouth speaking great things       
--the triumvirate ended with the battle 
of ,actium      ,sept4 #crd1 ,b4,c4 #ca4

 ,divine honors were accorded to        
,augustus4 ,he took #c censuses of the  
,roman ,empire and      possessed the   
most intimate knowledge of its          
resources1      the last inventory was  
found in his own handwriting4           
,suetonius1 ,aug4 ,,xvi4----,livy       
,,cxxxii4    #i4 ,i beheld till the     
thrones were cast down1 and the ,ancient
 of days  did sit1 whose garment was    
white as snow1 and the hair of his head 
like the pure wool3 his throne was like 
the fiery flame1 and his  wheels as     
burning fire4    #aj4 ,a fiery stream   
issued and came forth from before him3  
thousand  thousands ministered unto him1
 and ten thousand times ten thousand    
stood before him3 the judgment was set1 
and the books were opened4              
--,divine forbearance had reached its   
limit1 the voice of      the prophets   
went unheeded1 and the desolation spoken
 of      by ,moses was about to fall on 
the ,jews4    #aa4 ,i beheld then       
because of the voice of the great words 

which the  horn spake3 ,i beheld even   
till the beast was slain1 and his body  
destroyed1 and given to the burning     
flame4    #ab4 ,as concerning the rest  
of the beasts1 they had their dominion  
taken away3 yet their lives were        
prolonged for a season and time4    #ac4
 ,i saw in the night visions1 and1      
behold1 one like the ,son of  man came  
with the clouds of heaven1              
--while they beheld1 he was taken up2   
and a cloud      received him out of    
their sight1 ,acts ,i4 #i--    and came 
to the ,ancient of days1 and they       
brought him near before him4        --,i
 see the heavens opened1 and the ,son of
 man standing      on the right hand of 
,god4--,acts ,,vii4 #ee4    #ad4 ,and   
there was given him dominion1 and glory1
 and a kingdom1 that  all people1       
nations1 and languages1 should serve    
him3 his dominion  is an everlasting    
dominion1 which shall not pass away1 and
 his  kingdom that which shall not be   
destroyed4        ,for unto us a child  

is born1 unto us a ,son is given2 and   
the government shall be upon his        
shoulders3 and his name      shall be   
called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 the     
mighty ,god1 the      everlasting       
,father1 the ,prince of ,peace4 ,of the 
increase      of his government and     
peace there shall be no end1 upon       
the throne of ,david1 and upon his      
kingdom1 to order it1      and to       
establish it with judgment and with     
justice from      henceforth even for   
ever4 ,the zeal of the ,lord of hosts   
will perform this4--,isa4 ,,ix4 #f and  
#g4    #ae4 ,i ,daniel was grieved in my
 spirit in the midst of my body1 and    
the visions of my head troubled me4     
#af4 ,i came near unto one of them that 
stood by1 and asked him the  truth of   
all this4 ,so he told me1 and made me   
know the interpretation  of the things4 
#ag4 ,these great beasts1 which are     
four1 are four kings1 which  shall arise
 out of the earth4    #ah4 ,but the     
saints of the most ,high shall take the 

kingdom1 and  possess the kingdom for   
ever1 even for ever and ever4           
--,the ,spiritual kingdom of the        
,messiah4    #ai4 ,then ,i would know   
the truth of the fourth beast1 which was
  diverse from all the others1 exceeding
 dreadful1 whose teeth were  of iron1   
and his nails of brass2 which devoured1 
brake in pieces1  and stamped the       
residue with his feet2    #bj4 ,and of  
the ten horns that were in his head1 and
 of the other  which came up1 and before
 whom three fell2 even of that horn that
  had eyes1 and a mouth that spake very 
great things1 whose look was  more stout
 than his fellows4    #ba4 ,i beheld1   
and the same horn made war with the     
saints1 and  prevailed against them2    
--,nero the descendant of ,augustus     
began the first      persecution in     
,a4,d4 #fe4    #bb4 ,until the ,ancient 
of days came1 and judgment was given to 
the  saints of the most ,high2 and the  
time came that the saints possessed  the
 kingdom4    #bc4 ,thus he said1 ,the   

fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom
 upon  earth1 which shall be diverse    
from all kingdoms1 and shall devour the 
whole earth1 and shall tread it down1   
and break it in pieces4    #bd4 ,and the
 ten horns out of this kingdom are ten  
kings that  shall arise3 and another    
shall rise after them2 and he shall be  
diverse from the first1 and he shall    
subdue three kings4    #be4 ,and he     
--in the person of his descendants--    
shall speak great words against the most
 ,high1 and shall wear out  the saints  
of the most ,high1 and think to change  
times and laws3 and  they shall be given
 unto his hand until a time and times   
and the  dividing of time4              
--,this formula summarizes that which   
has gone before4 ,it      starts with   
the ,medo-,persian kingdom of ,cyrus1   
established      in the year ,b4,c4     
#eeh1 as typified by the lion in verse  
four1 and reaches over to the year      
,a4,d4 #ci when the      ,gentiles were 
admitted to ,messiah's kingdom as       

promised      in verse #ah4 ,for full   
explanation see ,,note ,b4    #bf4 ,but 
the judgment shall sit1 and they shall  
take away his  dominion1 to consume and 
to destroy it unto the end4    #bg4 ,and
 the kingdom and dominion1 and the      
greatness of the kingdom  under the     
whole heaven1 shall be given to the     
people of the saints  of the most ,high1
 whose kingdom is an everlasting        
kingdom1 and all  dominions shall serve 
and obey him4    #bh4 ,hitherto is the  
end of the matter4 ,as for me ,daniel1  
my  cogitations much troubled me1 and my
 countenance changed in me3 but  ,i kept
 the matter in my heart4      ,,chapter 
,,viii4 ,,hebrew4    ,sidenote3 ,b4,c4  
#eci-h4    #a4 ,in the third year of the
 reign of king ,belshazzar a vision     
appeared unto me1 even unto me ,daniel1 
after that which appeared  unto me at   
the first4    #b4 ,and ,i saw in a      
vision2 and it came to pass1 when ,i    
saw1 that  ,i was at ,shushan in the    
palace1 which is in the province of     

,elam2 and ,i saw in a vision1 and ,i   
was by the river of ,ulai4    #c4 ,then 
,i lifted up mine eyes1 and saw1 and1   
behold1 there stood  before the river a 
ram which had two horns3 and the two    
horns  were high2        --the          
,medo-,persian ,empire--    but one     
--,persia--    was higher than the      
other1 and the higher came up last4     
#d4 ,i saw the ram pushing westward1 and
 northward1 and southward2        --,the
 ,medo-,persian ,empire embraced all the
 civilized      nations of ,asia--    so
 that no beast might stand before him1  
neither was there any that  could       
deliver out of his hand2 but he         
--,cyrus1 and his descendants and next  
of kin--    did according to his will1  
and became great4    #e4 ,and as ,i was 
considering1 behold a he-goat           
--,the ,hellenes 7,greece and her       
colonies7--    came from the ,west on   
the face of the whole earth1 and touched
 not  the ground2 and the goat had a    
notable horn between his eyes4    #f4   

,and he came to the ram that had two    
horns1 which ,i had seen  standing      
before the river and ran unto him in the
 fury of his power        --,battles of 
,marathon ,b4,c4 #dij1 ,salamis and     
,plataea      ,b4,c4 #dhj and #dgi4     
#g4 ,and ,i saw him        --,alexander 
the ,great1 after ,greece was conquered 
by the      ,macedonians ,b4,c4 #ccd--  
come close unto the ram                 
--,battles of ,granicus and ,issus4--   
and he was moved with choler against    
him1 and smote the ram1 and  brake his  
two horns1 and there was no power in the
 ram to stand  before him2              
--,alexander was greatly pleased when   
shown this      prophecy--,josephus #aa4
 #h4 #e4--    but he cast him down to   
the ground and stamped upon him1 and    
there  was none that could deliver the  
ram out of his hand4        --,b4,c4    
#cca ,alexander defeated the ,persians  
on the plain      of ,babylon4 ,he then 
pushed on to ,india and conquered the   
,punjaub1 land of the five rivers4      

#h4 ,therefore the he-goat waxed very   
great3        --,alexander the ,great   
also conquered ,egypt1 ,palestine1      
,phoenicia and ,tyre4 ,he built         
,alexandria and ruled from      ,greece 
to the ,ganges4--    and when he was    
strong1 the great horn was broken2      
--,alexander died in ,india of          
intemperance and left no                
successor4--    and for it came up four 
notable ones toward the #d winds of     
heaven4        --,alexander's kingdom   
fell to his #d generals3                
,antigonus took ,persia1                
,seleucus took ,syria1                  
,ptolemy took ,egypt1                   
,cassander took ,macedon4    #i4 ,and   
out of one of them        --,seleucus-- 
came forth a little horn                
--kingdom of the ,seleucid--    which   
waxed exceeding great1 toward the south 
--,egypt--    and toward the east       
--between the ,hellespont and the       
,indus--    and toward the pleasant     
land4        --,palestine4    #aj4 ,and 

it waxed great        --under ,antiochus
 ,,iii1 the ,great--    even to the host
 of heaven2        --the ,jewish        
nation--    and it cast down some of the
 host and of the stars to the ground1   
--,judah and ,benjamin--    and stamped 
upon them4    #aa4 ,yea it              
--under king ,antiochus ,epiphanes--    
magnified itself1 even to the ,prince of
 the host2        --,judah1 and the     
capital city ,jerusalem--    and it took
 away from him the continual burnt      
offering1 and the place  of his         
,sanctuary was cast down4               
--,r4,v4    #ab4 ,and the host was given
 over to it together with the continual 
burnt offering through transgression2   
--,antiochus also set up heathen altars 
in every village      and town1 on which
 the ,jews were obliged to sacrifice    
swine's flesh daily--    and it cast    
down the truth to the ground1 and it did
 its pleasure and  prospered4           
--,r4,v4    #ac4 ,then ,i heard one     
saint speaking and another saint said   

unto that  certain saint which spake3-- 
,how long shall be the vision concerning
 the daily sacrifice and the            
transgression of desolation1 to give    
both the ,sanctuary and the host        
--the ,national government--    to be   
trodden under foot8    #ad4 ,and he said
 unto me1 ,unto two thousand and three  
hundred days2  then shall the sanctuary 
be cleansed4        --,the period       
amounted to #cjh yrs4 #f mos4 #ba days  
and      extended from ,oct4 #adth      
,b4,c4 #dej to ,may #dth ,b4,c4 #ada1 at
      which time the ,,temple was       
,,cleansed by ,simon ,maccabeus4 ,for   
a full explanation see ,,notes ,c4 and  
,d4    #ae4 ,and it came to pass1 when  
,i1 even ,i ,daniel1 had seen the       
vision1 and sought for the meaning1     
then1 behold1 there stood before  me as 
the appearance of a man4    #af4 ,and ,i
 heard a man's voice between the banks  
of ,ulai1 which  called1 and said1      
,gabriel1 make this man to understand   
the vision4    #ag4 ,so he came near    

where ,i stood3 and when he came1 ,i was
 afraid1  and fell upon my face3 but he 
said unto me1 ,understand1 ,o son of    
man3  for at the time of the end shall  
be the vision4    #ah4 ,now as he was   
speaking with me1 ,i was in a deep sleep
 on my face  toward the ground3 but he  
touched me1 and set me upright4    #ai4 
,and he said1 ,behold1 ,i will make thee
 know what shall be in the  last end of 
the indignation3 for at the time        
appointed the end shall  be4    #bj4    
,the ram which thou sawest having two   
horns are the kings of  ,media and      
,persia4    #ba4 ,and the rough goat is 
the king of ,grecia3 and the great horn 
that is between his eyes is the first   
king4        --,alexander the ,great who
 united ,greece and ,macedon      7verse
 #h74    #bb4 ,now that being broken1   
whereas four stood up for it1 four      
kingdoms shall stand up out of the      
nation1 but not in his power4    #bc4   
,and in the latter time of their        
kingdom1 when the transgressors  are    

come to the full1        --the ,jewish  
people--    a king of fierce            
countenance1 and understanding dark     
sentences shall  stand up4              
--,antiochus ,,iii1 the ,great1 who     
subjected ,judea and      greatly       
oppressed the ,jewish people4 ,his times
 were noted      for corruption and     
crime4    #bd4 ,and his power shall be  
mighty1 but not by his own power3 and he
  shall destroy wonderfully1 and shall  
prosper1 and practise1 and shall        
destroy the mighty and the holy people4 
#be4 ,and through his policy also he    
shall cause craft to prosper in  his    
hand2 and he shall magnify himself in   
his heart1 and by peace  shall destroy  
many3 he shall also stand up against the
 ,prince of  princes2        --the      
,roman ,empire had no kings and         
therefore its rulers      were spoken of
 as ,princes4 ,it was a favorite term   
for a      king to designate himself as 
,king of ,kings4 ,the same      thought 
could be expressed as regards the       

,romans1 by the      words ,prince of   
,princes--    but he shall be broken    
without hand4        --,antiochus died  
from intemperance4    #bf4 ,and the     
vision of the evening and the morning   
which was told is  true3 wherefore shut 
thou up the vision2 for it shall be for 
many  days4    #bg4 ,and ,i ,daniel     
fainted1 and was sick certain days2     
afterward  ,i rose up1 and did the      
king's business2 and ,i was astonished  
at the  vision1 but none understood it4 
,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,hebrew4    ,sidenote3 
,b4,c4 #ech-g4    #a4 ,in the first year
 of ,darius the son of ,ahasuerus1 of   
the seed of  the ,medes1 which was made 
king over the realm of the ,chaldeans2  
--by ,cyrus4    #b4 ,in the first year  
of his reign ,i ,daniel understood by   
books  the number of the years1 whereof 
the word of the ,,lord came to          
,jeremiah the prophet1 that he would    
accomplish seventy years in  the        
desolations of ,jerusalem4        --,for
 thus saith the ,lord1 that after #gj   

years be      accomplished at ,babylon  
,i will visit you1 and perform my       
good word toward you1 in causing you to 
return to this      place4 ,jeremiah    
,,xxix4 #aj4    #c4 ,and ,i set my face 
unto the ,lord ,god1 to seek by prayer  
and  supplications1 with fasting1 and   
sackcloth1 and ashes3    #d4 ,and ,i    
prayed unto the ,lord my ,god1 and made 
my confession1 and  said1 ,o ,lord1 the 
great and dreadful ,god1 keeping the    
covenant and  mercy to them that love   
him1 and to them that keep his          
commandments2    #e4 ,we have sinned1   
and have committed iniquity1 and have   
done  wickedly1 and have rebelled1 even 
by departing from thy precepts and  from
 thy judgments3    #f4 ,neither have we 
hearkened unto thy servants the         
prophets1 which  spake in thy name to   
our kings1 our princes1 and our fathers1
 and to  all the people of the land4    
#g4 ,o ,lord1 righteousness belongeth   
unto thee1 but unto us confusion  of    
faces1 as at this day2 to the men of    

,judah1 and to the inhabitants  of      
,jerusalem1 and unto all ,israel1 that  
are near1 and that are  far off1 through
 all the countries whither thou hast    
driven them1  because of their trespass 
that they have trespassed against thee4 
#h4 ,o ,lord1 to us belongeth confusion 
of face1 to our kings1 to our  princes1 
and to our fathers1 because we have     
sinned against thee4    #i4 ,to the     
,lord our ,god belong mercies and       
forgivenesses1 though we  have rebelled 
against him2    #aj4 ,neither have we   
obeyed the voice of the ,,lord our ,god1
 to walk in  his laws1 which he set     
before us by his servants the prophets4 
#aa4 ,yea1 all ,israel have trangressed 
thy law1 even by departing1 that  they  
might not obey thy voice2 therefore the 
curse is poured upon us1  and the oath  
that is written in the law of ,moses the
 servant of  ,god1 because we have      
sinned against him4    #ab4 ,and he hath
 confirmed his words1 which he spake    
against us1 and  against our judges that

 judged us1 by bringing upon us a great 
evil3  for under the whole heaven hath  
not been done as hath been done upon    
,jerusalem4    #ac4 ,as it is written in
 the law of ,moses1 all this evil is    
come  upon us3 yet made we not our      
prayer before the ,,lord our ,god1 that 
we  might turn from our iniquities1 and 
understand thy truth4    #ad4 ,therefore
 hath the ,,lord watched upon the evil1 
and brought it  upon us3 for the ,,lord 
our ,god is righteous in all his works  
which  he doeth3 for we obeyed not his  
voice4    #ae4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord our   
,god1 that hast brought thy people forth
 out  of the land of ,egypt with a      
mighty hand1 and hast gotten thee       
renown1  as at this day2 we have sinned1
 we have done wickedly4    #af4 ,o      
,lord1 according to all thy             
righteousness1 ,i beseech thee1 let     
thine anger and thy fury be turned away 
from thy city ,jerusalem1 thy  holy     
mountain3 because of our sins1 and for  
the iniquities of our  fathers1         

,jerusalem and thy people are become a  
reproach to all  that are about us4     
#ag4 ,now therefore1 ,o our ,god1 hear  
the prayer of thy servant1 and his      
supplications1 and cause thy face to    
shine upon thy sanctuary that is        
desolate1 for the ,lord's sake4    #ah4 
,o my ,god1 incline thine ear1 and hear2
 open thine eyes1 and  behold our       
desolations1 and the city which is      
called by thy name3  for we do not      
present our supplications before thee   
for our  righteousnesses1 but for thy   
great mercies4    #ai4 ,o ,lord1 hear2  
,o ,lord1 forgive2 ,o ,lord1 hearken and
 do2 defer not1  for thine own sake1 ,o 
my ,god3 for thy city and thy people are
 called  by thy name4    #bj4 ,and      
whiles ,i was speaking1 and praying1 and
 confessing my sin and  the sin of my   
people ,israel1 and presenting my       
supplication before  the ,,lord my ,god 
for the holy mountain of my ,god2       
#ba4 ,yea1 whiles ,i was speaking in    
prayer1 even the man ,gabriel1  whom ,i 

had seen in the vision at the beginning1
        --,daniel ,,viii4 #af--    being
 caused to fly swiftly1 touched me about
 the time of the evening  oblation4     
#bb4 ,and he informed me1 and talked    
with me1 and said1 ,o ,daniel1  ,i am   
now come forth to give thee skill and   
understanding4    #bc4 ,at the beginning
 of thy supplications the commandment   
came  forth1 and ,i am come to shew     
thee2 for thou art greatly beloved3     
therefore understand the matter1 and    
consider the vision4        ,the next   
four verses should be read as a whole4  
,the burden      of their message is the
 date of ,messiah's sacrifice1 the      
time when he would be cut off1 but not  
for himself4      ,an event of supreme  
moment to the entire human race4 ,in    
making this revelation the heavenly     
visitor took the      ,sabbatic period  
of #g years as his standard of time4    
,the      ,greeks had a system of       
,olympiads1 each #d years in length4    
,in our day the standard measure is one 

year4 ,we must      therefore lay aside 
our ordinary line of thought and in     
reading the next #d verses we must      
accustom ourselves to      thinking in  
,,periods ,,of #g ,,years ,,each and    
remember that      whenever an event    
took place it happened in some period   
#g years in length4 ,so that when the   
angel spoke of the      going forth of  
the commandment he pointed to a         
,sabbatic      period of #g years1 not  
to a certain day1 hour1 or minute       
of a given year1 but to a group of #g   
years as a whole1      in a word to a   
certain week1 when therefore1 he spoke  
of more weeks to follow the additional  
ones came in      regular succession and
 the sum of the series must of          
necessity equal the full time revealed4 
,the starting point      was plainly the
 river ,ahava and the time of their     
,exodus      from ,persia was just #b   
days prior to the ,passover of          
,b4,c4 #deh--see ,,note ,e4 ,the first  
week therefore ended      in ,b4,c4     

#dea1 the second week in ,b4,c4 #ddd1   
the third      in #dcg and so on1 until 
the end of the eighth week in           
,b4,c4 #djb4 ,up to that time the ,jews 
were favored by      the ,persian       
government1 but ,persia lost her power  
and      influence at the battle of     
,cunaxa in ,b4,c4 #dja4 ,then           
followed #fb ,sabbatic periods1 or #dcd 
years1 ending with      the ,passover of
 ,a4,d4 #cc at which time ,messiah was  
cut      off4 ,the three periods1 #a    
week plus #g weeks plus #fb weeks       
make a total of #gj weeks and prove the 
accuracy of the      heavenly           
prediction4    #bd4 ,seventy weeks are  
determined upon thy people and upon thy 
holy  city1 to finish the transgression1
 and to make an end of sins1 and  to    
make reconciliation for iniquity1 and to
 bring in everlasting  righteousness1   
and to seal up the vision and prophecy1 
and to anoint  the most ,holy4    #be4  
,know therefore and understand1 that    
from the        --week of the--    going

 forth of the commandment        --of   
,artaxerxes--    to restore and to build
 ,jerusalem unto ,messiah the ,prince   
shall be  #g weeks1 and threescore and  
two weeks3 the street shall be built    
again1 and the wall1 even in troublous  
times4        --,how troublous is told  
by ,nehemiah where he says3 we          
returned all of us to the wall1 every   
one unto his work4      ,and it came to 
pass from that time forth1 the half of  
my      servants wrought in the work and
 the other half of them      held both  
the spears1 the shields1 and the bows   
and the      coats of mail4    #bf4 ,and
 after threescore and two weeks shall   
,messiah be cut off1 but  not for       
himself3 and the people of the prince   
that shall come        --the ,romans    
under ,petronius in ,a4,d4 #dj and under
 ,titus in      ,a4,d4 #ff--    shall   
destroy the city and the sanctuary2 and 
the end thereof shall  be with a flood1 
and unto the end of the war desolations 
are  determined4        --or1 it shall  

be cut off by desolations4 ,josephus    
says      that #a1ajj1jjj perished in   
the siege and #ig1jjj were      carried 
away captive4    #bg4 ,and he shall     
confirm the covenant with many for one  
week3 and in  the midst of the week he  
shall cause the sacrifice and the       
oblation  to cease1        --,this one  
week was divided into #b parts of #c    
years      each4 ,the first half covered
 the ,ministry of the ,messiah      and 
therefore was embraced within the #gj   
weeks4 ,the last      half extended     
beyond the #gj weeks and ended in ,a4,d4
 #cf4      ,it was a period of          
remarkable growth in the infant church2 
,pilate however ceased to be procurator 
in ,a4,d4 #cf and      the persecution  
described in the ,v,i,i,ith chapter of  
,acts      immediately set in4--    and 
for the overspreading of abomination he 
shall make it desolate1        --or1    
upon the battlements shall be the idols 
of the      desolator4 see also ,matt4  
,,xxiv4 #ae4--    even until the        

consummation1 and that determined shall 
be poured upon  the desolate4           
--,jerusalem was taken by the ,romans on
 the #bnd of ,sept4      ,a4,d4 #gj4    
,then the prophecy of ,ezekiel was      
fulfilled3--,i      will scatter thee   
among the heathen and disperse thee in  
the countries4        ,,remarks4 ,to    
understand what follows1 all divisions  
of      chapter and verse should be     
obliterated1 from this point      to the
 end of the book4 ,the subject matter   
should be taken      as descriptive of  
what ,daniel saw and heard by the side  
of the great river1 which is ,hiddekel  
in the third year      of ,cyrus1 king  
of ,persia4 ,the description reminds us 
forcibly of the experiences of the      
apostle ,john and the      apostle      
,paul4 ,the vision had a twofold object3
 first1 to      reveal what shall befall
 thy people in the latter days1      and
 second1 to give additional information 
concerning      ,messiah's kingdom said 
to be distant many days4 ,the           

entire eleventh chapter from verse #b to
 the end is devoted      to the days    
following ,nehemiah's rule4 ,in the     
first four      verses of ,chapter      
,,xii4 we catch a glimpse of the coming 
kingdom1 also the destruction of        
,jerusalem1 while verses      #e to #ac 
set forth the coming of the ,holy       
,spirit4        ,more than #bjj years   
prior to ,daniel's day1 the prophet     
,joel had pointed to the same great     
event when he      said3--,and it shall 
come to pass afterward1 that ,i will    
pour out my ,spirit upon all flesh2 and 
your sons and your      daughters shall 
prophesy1 your old men shall dream      
dreams1      your young men shall see   
visions2 ,and also upon the             
servants and upon the handmaids in those
 days will ,i pour      out my ,spirit4 
,joel ,,ii4 #bh1 also ,acts ,,ii4 #ag4  
,,chapter ,x4 ,,hebrew4    ,sidenote3   
,b4,c4 #ecf-e4    #a4 ,in the third year
        --third since the conquest of   
,babylon1 but first in the      personal

 reign over ,babylon--    of ,cyrus king
 of ,persia a thing was revealed unto   
,daniel1 whose name  was ,belteshazzar2 
and the thing was true1 but the time    
appointed  was long3 and he understood  
the thing1 and had understanding of the 
vision4    #b4 ,in those days ,i ,daniel
 was mourning three full weeks4    #c4  
,i ate no pleasant bread1 neither came  
flesh nor wine in my mouth1  neither did
 ,i anoint myself at all1 till three    
whole weeks were  fulfilled4    #d4 ,and
 in the four and twentieth day of the   
first month1 as ,i was by  the side of  
the great river1 which is ,hiddekel2    
--,tigris is the modern name for the    
river ,hiddekel4 ,the      period of    
,daniel's mourning began on ,saturday1  
,march #cast1      ,b4,c4 #ecf1 and     
continued #c weeks until ,saturday1     
,april #bast4      ,meantime the        
,passover occurred on ,thursday1 ,april 
#abth4    #e4 ,then ,i lifted up mine   
eyes1 and looked1 and behold a certain  
man  clothed in linen1 whose loins were 

girded with fine gold of ,uphaz3        
--,ophir--    #f4 ,his body also was    
like the beryl1 and his face as the     
appearance  of lightning1 and his eyes  
as lamps of fire1 and his arms and his  
feet like in colour to polished brass1  
and the voice of his words  like the    
voice of a multitude4        --,one like
 unto the ,son of man1 clothed with a   
garment      down to the foot1 and girt 
about the paps with a golden            
girdle4 ,his head and his hairs were    
white like wool1 as      white as snow2 
and his eyes were as a flame of fire2   
and      his feet like unto fine brass1 
as if they burned in a      furnace2 and
 his voice as the sound of many waters4 
,rev4 ,i4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae4    #g4 ,and ,i 
,daniel alone saw the vision3 for the   
men that were with me  saw not the      
vision2 but a great quaking fell upon   
them1 so that they  fled to hide        
themselves4        --,and they that were
 with me saw indeed the light1 and      
were afraid2 but they heard not the     

voice of ,him that      spake to me4    
,acts ,,xxii4 #i also ,,ix4 #g4    #h4  
,therefore ,i was left alone1 and saw   
this great vision1 and there  remained  
no strength in me3 for my comeliness was
 turned in me into  corruption1 and ,i  
retained no strength4    #i4 ,yet heard 
,i the voice of his words3 and when ,i  
heard the voice of  his words1 then was 
,i in a deep sleep on my face1 and my   
face toward  the ground4        ,daniel 
was completely overcome by the glory of 
this ,divine      manifestation4    #aj4
 ,and1 behold1 an hand touched me1 which
 set me upon my knees and  upon the     
palms of my hands4        ,the angel    
,gabriel now appears on the scene1 and  
again      assures ,daniel that he is   
greatly beloved and continues the       
kindly offices spoken of in ,daniel     
,,viii4 #af4--;,,ix4 #ba1 #bb4    #aa4  
,and he said unto me1 ,o ,daniel1 a man 
greatly beloved1 understand  the words  
that ,i speak unto thee1 and stand      
upright3 for unto thee  am ,i now sent4 

,and when he had spoken this word unto  
me1 ,i stood  trembling4        --,john 
was the beloved apostle1 ,john ,,xiii4  
#bc and ,daniel      the beloved        
prophet1 ,dan4 ,,ix4 #bc4    #ab4 ,then 
said he unto me1 ,fear not1 ,daniel3 for
 from the first day  that thou didst set
 thine heart to understand1 and to      
chasten thyself  before thy ,god1 thy   
words were heard1 and ,i am come for thy
 words4    #ac4 ,but the prince of the  
kingdom of ,persia withstood me one and 
twenty days3 but1 lo1 ,michael1 one of  
the chief princes1 came to help  me2 and
 ,i remained there with the kings of    
,persia4        --,now in the first year
 of ,cyrus king of ,persia1 that the    
word of the ,lord spoken by the mouth of
 ,jeremiah might be      accomplished1  
the ,lord stirred up the spirit of      
,cyrus king      of ,persia1 that he    
made a proclamation4 ,,ii ,chron4       
,,xxxvi4 #bb4    #ad4 ,now ,i am come to
 make thee understand what shall befall 
thy  people in the latter days3 for yet 

the vision is for many days4    #ae4    
,and when he had spoken such words unto 
me1 ,i set my face toward  the ground1  
and ,i became dumb4    #af4 ,and1       
behold1 one like the similitude of the  
sons of men touched  my lips3 then ,i   
opened my mouth1 and spake1 and said    
unto him that  stood before me1 ,o my   
lord1 by the vision my sorrows are      
turned upon  me1 and ,i have retained no
 strength4    #ag4 ,for how can the     
servant of this my lord talk with this  
my lord8  for as for me1 straightway    
there remained no strength in me1       
neither  is there breath left in me4    
#ah4 ,then there came again and touched 
me one like the appearance of  a man1   
and he strengthened me1    #ai4 ,and    
said1 ,o man greatly beloved1 fear not3 
peace be unto thee1  be strong1 yea1 be 
strong4 ,and when he had spoken unto me1
 ,i was  strengthened1 and said1 ,let my
 lord speak2 for thou hast strengthened 
me4    #bj4 ,then said he1 ,knowest thou
 wherefore ,i come unto thee8 and now   

will ,i return to fight with the prince 
of ,persia3 and when ,i am gone  forth1 
lo1 the prince of ,grecia shall come4   
--,dan4 ,,viii4 #ba4    #ba4 ,but ,i    
will shew thee that which is noted in   
the scripture of  truth3        --the   
,book of future events--    and there is
 none that holdeth with me in these     
things1 but ,michael  your prince4      
--,michael the archangel4 ,see ,jude    
#ith verse4--,the      captain of the   
,lord's host4 ,see ,joshua ,v4          
#ae4--,michael      and his angels      
fought against the dragon and his       
angels4      ,rev4 ,,xii4 #g4           
,the next chapter gives a bird's-eye    
view of the period      covered by the  
#bcjj days4 ,for a full explanation see 
,,note ,d4      ,,chapter ,,xi4         
,,hebrew4    #a4 ,also ,i               
--,gabriel--    in the first year of    
,darius the ,mede1 even ,i1 stood to    
confirm and  to strengthen him4         
--,this does not indicate a change of   
date1 it simply      declares that the  

same solicitude was now bestowed      on
 ,cyrus1 as had been manifested toward  
his royal      representative ,darius   
the ,mede1 when first placed on      the
 throne of ,babylon by ,cyrus4    #b4   
,and now        --in the third year     
since ,cyrus captured the city4         
,daniel ,x4 #a4--    will ,i show thee  
the truth4 ,behold there shall stand up 
yet        --after the setting up of the
 sanctuary and the host1      ,b4,c4    
#dde1 three kings in ,persia1 viz43     
,darius ,nothus1      ,artaxerxes       
,mnemon1 and ,ochus1--    and the fourth
        --,darius ,codomannus--    shall
 be far richer than they all3 and by his
 strength and through  his riches he    
shall stir up all against the realm of  
,grecia4    #c4 ,and a mighty king      
--,alexander the ,great--    shall stand
 up1 that shall rule with great         
dominion1 and do according  to his will4
        --from ,greece to ,india4    #d4
 ,and when he shall stand up1 his       
kingdom shall be broken1 and shall  be  

divided toward the four winds of heaven2
        --among his four generals2--    
and not to his posterity1 nor according 
to his dominion which he  ruled3 for his
 kingdom shall be plucked up1 even for  
others beside  those4    #e4 ,and the   
king of the south        --,ptolemy     
,philadelphus1 king of ,egypt--    shall
 be strong1 and one of his princes2 and 
he shall be strong  above him           
--,antiochus ,,ii--    and have         
dominion2 his dominion shall be a great 
dominion4    #f4 ,and in the end of the 
years        --in the course of time--  
they shall join themselves together2 for
 the king's daughter        --,bernice--
    of the south shall come to the king 
of the north to make an agreement3      
--,antiochus banished his own wife      
,laodice and her children      in favor 
of ,bernice--    but she shall not      
retain the power of the arm2 neither    
shall he  stand1 nor his arm3 but she   
shall be given up        --,antiochus   
after the death of ,ptolemy expelled    

,bernice      and recalled the rejected 
,laodice4--    and they that brought    
her1 and he that begat her1 and he that 
strengthened her in these times4    #g4 
,but out of a branch of her roots       
--,ptolemy ,,ii1 called ,evergetes--    
shall one stand up in his estate1 which 
shall come with an army1  and shall     
enter into the fortress of the king of  
the north and shall  deal against them  
and shall prevail3        --,laodice    
placed her son ,seleucus ,,ii on the    
throne4      ,ptolemy ,,iii made an     
expedition against ,syria1 slew ,laodice
      and conquered the realm from      
,cilicia to the ,tigris4    #h4 ,and    
shall also carry captives into ,egypt   
their gods1 with their  princes1 and    
with their precious vessels of silver   
and of gold        --the booty was      
immense1 #bejj idols1 #djjj talents of  
gold1      etc4--    and he shall       
continue more years than the king of the
 north4    #i4 ,so the king of the south
 shall come into his kingdom1 and shall 

return into his own land4    #aj4 ,but  
his sons        --,seleucus ,,iii and   
,antiochus ,,iii1 the ,great--    shall 
be stirred up and shall assemble a      
multitude of great forces3  and one     
shall certainly come1 and overflow1 and 
pass through2 then  shall he return1 and
 be stirred up1 even to his fortress4   
#aa4 ,and the king of the south         
--,ptolemy ,,iv1 was luxurious and      
indolent--    shall be moved with       
choler1 and shall come forth and fight  
with him1  even with the king of the    
north3 and he shall set forth a great   
multitude3 but the multitude shall be   
given into his hand4        --,ptolemy  
defeated ,antiochus near ,gaza but did  
not follow      up the victory4    #ab4 
,and when he hath taken away the        
multitude1 his heart shall be  lifted   
up2 and he shall cast down many ten     
thousands3 but he shall  not be         
strengthened by it4    #ac4 ,for the    
king of the north        --,antiochus   
the ,great--    shall return1 and shall 

set forth a multitude greater than the  
former1 and shall certainly come after  
certain years with a great  army and    
with much riches4    #ad4 ,and in those 
times there shall many stand up against 
the king of  the south2 also the robbers
 of thy people        --secret enemies  
of the ,jews--    shall exalt themselves
 to establish the vision2 but they shall
 fail4    #ae4 ,so the king of the north
 shall come1 and cast up a mount1 and   
take the most fenced cities2 and the    
arms of the south shall not  withstand1 
neither his chosen people1 neither shall
 there be any  strength to withstand4   
#af4 ,but he that cometh against him    
shall do according to his own will1     
--the wars of ,antiochus the ,great--   
and none shall stand before him3 and he 
shall stand in the glorious  land       
--,palestine--    which by his hand     
shall be consumed4    #ag4 ,he shall    
also set his face to enter with the     
strength of his  whole kingdom1 and     
upright ones with him2 thus shall he do3

 and he  shall give him the daughter of 
women1 corrupting her3        --,using  
marriage for political gain3 ,antiochus 
gave his      daughter ,cleopatra in    
marriage to ,ptolemy ,epiphanes1        
hoping for benefit1 but it turned out   
otherwise--    but she shall not stand  
on his side1 neither be for him4    #ah4
 ,after this he shall turn his face unto
 the ,isles1 and shall take  many3 but a
 prince        --a ,roman ,general--    
for his own behalf shall cause the      
reproach offered by him to cease2       
without his own reproach                
--,antiochus said3--,asia did not       
concern the ,romans and he      was not 
subject to their orders--    he shall   
cause it to turn upon him4        --,he 
was defeated by the ,romans1 at         
,magnesia4    #ai4 ,then he shall turn  
his face toward the fort of his own     
land2        --pillage the temples--    
but he shall stumble and fall1 and not  
be found4        --,antiochus the ,great
 was slain4    #bj4 ,then shall stand up

 in his estate a raiser of taxes in the 
glory of the kingdom3        --his son  
,seleucus ,philopater1 who sent out     
,heliodorus and      taxed the temples  
as well as the people--    but within a 
few days he shall be destroyed1 neither 
in anger1 nor in  battle4               
--,seleucus shortly after1 died in a    
mysterious manner4    #ba4 ,and in his  
estate shall stand up a vile person1    
--,antiochus ,epiphanes--    to whom    
they shall not give the honor of the    
kingdom3 but he shall  come in          
peaceably1 and obtain the kingdom by    
flatteries4    #bb4 ,and with the arms  
of a flood shall they be overflown from 
before  him1 and shall be broken2 yea1  
also the prince of the covenant4        
--,onias ,,iii1 the high priest was put 
to death by his order4    #bc4 ,and     
after the league made with him he shall 
work deceitfully3  for he shall come up1
 and shall become strong with a small   
people4    #bd4 ,he shall enter         
peaceably even upon the fattest places  

of the  province2 and he shall do that  
which his fathers have not done1 nor    
his father's fathers2 he shall scatter  
among them the prey1 and  spoil1 and    
riches3 yea1 and he shall forecast his  
devices against  the strongholds even   
for a time4    #be4 ,and he shall stir  
up his power and his courage against the
 king  of the south with a great army2  
and the king of the south               
--,ptolemy ,philometer--    shall be    
stirred up to battle with a very great  
and mighty army2 but  he shall not      
stand3 for they shall forecast devices  
against him4    #bf4 ,yea1 they that    
feed of the portion of his meat shall   
destroy him1  and his army shall        
overflow3 and many shall fall down      
slain4    #bg4 ,and both these kings'   
hearts shall be to do mischief1 and they
  shall speak lies at one table         
--a pretended friendship--    but it    
shall not prosper3 for yet the end shall
 be at the time  appointed4    #bh4     
,then shall he return into his land with

 great riches2 and his  heart shall be  
against the holy covenant2        --the 
worship of ,jehovah--    and he shall do
 exploits1 and return to his own land4  
#bi4 ,at the time appointed he shall    
return1 and come toward the south2  but 
it shall not be as the former1 or as the
 latter4    #cj4 ,for the ships of      
,chittim        --the fleet of the      
,romans under ,laenas--    shall come   
against him3 therefore he shall be      
grieved1 and return1  and have          
indignation against the holy covenant3  
so shall he do2 he  shall even return1  
and have intelligence with them         
--the ,samaritans--    that forsake the 
holy covenant4    #ca4 ,and arms shall  
stand on his part1 and they shall       
pollute the  sanctuary of strength1     
--the ,temple--    and shall take away  
the daily sacrifice1 and they shall     
place the  abomination that maketh      
desolate4        --,antiochus ,epiphanes
 established idol-altars in every       
town and village of ,palestine1 and     

ordered a daily      sacrifice of swine 
on the altars4    #cb4 ,and such as do  
wickedly against the covenant shall he  
corrupt by  flatteries3 but the people  
that do know their ,god shall be strong 
and  do exploits4        --,mattathias  
and his #e sons1 the ,maccabees4    #cc4
 ,and they that understand among the    
people shall instruct many3  yet they   
shall fall by the sword1 and by flame1  
by captivity1 and by  spoil1 many days4 
#cd4 ,now when they shall fall1 they    
shall be holpen with a little  help3 but
 many shall cleave to them with         
flatteries4        --see life of ,judas 
,maccabeus4    #ce4 ,and some of them of
 understanding shall fall1 to try them1 
and  to purge1 and to make them white1  
even to the time of the end3  because it
 is yet for a time appointed4    #cf4   
,and the king shall do according to his 
will2 and he shall exalt  himself1 and  
magnify himself above every god1 and    
shall speak  marvellous things against  
the ,god of gods1 and shall prosper till

 the  indignation be accomplished3 for  
that1 that is determined shall be  done4
    #cg4 ,neither shall he regard the   
god of his fathers1 nor the desire of   
women1        --in other words1 the idol
 ,astarte1 the queen of heaven--    nor 
regard any god3 for he shall magnify    
himself above all4    #ch4 ,but in his  
estate shall he honor the ,god of       
forces3        --a god of castles or    
fortresses--    and a god whom his      
fathers knew not shall he honor with    
gold1 and  silver1 and with precious    
stones1 and pleasant things4    #ci4    
,thus shall he do in the most           
strongholds with a strange god1 whom  he
 shall acknowledge and increase with    
glory3 and he shall cause  them to rule 
over many1 and shall divide the land for
 gain4    #dj4 ,and at the time of the  
end shall the king of the south push  at
 him3 and the king of the north shall   
come against him like a  whirlwind1 with
 chariots1 and with horsemen1 and with  
many ships2 and  he shall enter into the

 countries1 and shall overflow and pass 
over4    #da4 ,he shall enter also into 
the glorious land1        --,palestine--
    and many countries shall be         
overthrown3 but these shall escape out  
of his hand1 even ,edom1 and ,moab1 and 
the chief of the children of  ,ammon    
--,antiochus passed them by4 ,when1     
however1 they tried to      take        
advantage of ,judas ,maccabeus1 he      
defeated them4    #db4 ,he shall stretch
 forth his hand also upon the countries3
 and the  land of ,egypt shall not      
escape4    #dc4 ,but he shall have power
 over the treasures of gold and of      
silver1  and over all the precious      
things of ,egypt3 and the ,libyans and  
the  ,ethiopians shall be at his steps4 
#dd4 ,but tidings out of the east and   
out of the north shall trouble  him3    
--rumors of rebellion and lack of funds 
made him resolve      to go at once to  
,persia1 restore order and collect      
taxes4--    therefore he shall go forth 
with great fury        --,threatened on 

his return to exterminate the ,jews--   
to destroy1 and utterly to make away    
many4    #de4 ,and he shall plant the   
tabernacles of his palace between the   
seas  in the glorious holy mountain2    
--he left a garrison in the ,citadel    
adjoining the ,temple--    yet he shall 
come to his end        --,b4,c4 #afc--  
and none shall help him4      ,,chapter 
,,xii4 ,,hebrew4    #a4 ,and at that    
time shall ,michael        --the        
archangel1 see ,jude verse #i--    stand
 up1 the great prince which standeth for
 the children of thy  people3 and there 
shall be a time of trouble1 such as     
never was since  there was a nation even
 to that same time1        --,for then  
shall be great tribulation1 such as was 
not      since the beginning of the     
world to this time1 no1 nor      ever   
shall be4 ,matt4 ,,xxiv4 #ba4 ,josephus 
says #a1ajj1jjj      perished in the    
,siege4--    and at that time thy people
 shall be delivered1        --,but he   
that shall endure unto the end1 the same

 shall      be saved4 ,matt4 ,,xxiv4    
#ac--    every one that shall be found  
written in the book4        --,at the   
time of the siege all of the ,christians
 escaped      to the little town of     
,pella4    #b4 ,and many of them that   
sleep in the dust of the earth shall    
awake1  some to everlasting life1 and   
some to shame and everlasting contempt4 
--,as to the righteous3--the graves were
 opened2 and many      bodies of the    
saints which slept arose4 ,and came out 
of      the graves after his            
resurrection1 and went into the holy    
city1 and appeared unto many4 ,matt4    
,,xxvii4 #eb4 ,as to the                
wicked3--,scripture is silent4    #c4   
,and they that be wise shall shine as   
the brightness of the  firmament2 and   
they that turn many to righteousness as 
the stars for  ever and ever4           
--,witness for instance the life of the 
,apostle ,paul and      the lives of a  
vast host of ,christian saints4    #d4  
,but thou1 ,o ,daniel1 shut up the      

words1 and seal the book1 even  to the  
time of the end3 many shall run to and  
fro1 and knowledge  shall be increased4 
--,these words find special emphasis in 
the present      century1 noted for its 
railways1 steam engines1                
automobiles1 bicycles1 telephones1      
wireless telegraphy1      public        
libraries1 books1 photographs1          
microscopes1      antitoxins1 x-rays1   
etc4    #e4 ,then ,i ,daniel looked1    
and1 behold1 there stood other two1 the 
one  on this side of the bank of the    
river1 and the other on that side of    
the bank of the river4        --,in     
verses #d and #e of chapter ,x1 ,daniel 
beheld only one      heavenly visitor1  
he now looks and discovers other two4   
#f4 ,and one said to the man clothed in 
linen1 which was upon the  waters of the
 river1 ,how long shall it be to the end
 of these  wonders8    #g4 ,and ,i heard
 the man clothed in linen1 which was    
upon the waters  of the river1 when he  
held up his right hand and his left hand

 unto  heaven1 and sware by him that    
liveth for ever that it shall be for  a 
time1 times1 and an half2 and when he   
shall have accomplished to  scatter the 
power of the holy people1 all these     
things shall be  finished4              
--,since the power of the holy people   
was scattered in      ,a4,d4 #gj1 all   
these things were finished at that time 
and      right there ,daniel's prophetic
 work ended4 ,the formula1      time1   
times1 and an half has already been     
considered      under the head of ,dan4 
,,vii4 #be4 ,see ,,note ,b4    #h4 ,and 
,i heard1 but ,i understood not3 then   
said ,i1 ,o my ,lord1 what  shall be the
 end of these things8    #i4 ,and he    
said1 ,go thy way1 ,daniel3 for the     
words are closed up and  sealed till the
 time of the end4    #aj4 ,many shall be
 purified1 and made white1        --,and
 the same day there were added unto them
 about      three thousand souls4--,acts
 ,,ii4 #da4--;,howbeit many of      them
 which heard the word believed1 and the 

number of the      men was about five   
thousand4--,acts ,,iv4 #d--    and      
tried2        --,at that time there was 
a great persecution against the         
church which was at ,jerusalem4--,acts  
,,viii4 #a--    but the wicked shall do 
wickedly3 and none of the wicked shall  
understand2 but the wise shall          
understand4    #aa4 ,and from the time  
that the daily sacrifice shall be taken 
away  and the abomination that maketh   
desolate set up        --the sacrifice  
of swine and pollution of the holy place
      ,b4,c4 #afh to #ada--    there    
shall be a thousand two hundred and     
ninety days4        ,in ,b4,c4 #afh1    
these sacrifices were ordered to be made
      ,,daily1 in every village and town
 throughout ,palestine4      ,the       
desecration of the temple area lasted   
until ,may #dth      ,b4,c4 #ada4 ,every
 moment of this time was part of one    
great      abomination4 ,counting each  
prophetic day as made up of      #di    
ordinary days1 the #abij days bring us  

to ,may #bdth      ,a4,d4 #cc--,,the    
,,day ,,of ,,pentecost--,,that ,,great  
,,and ,,notable ,,day      ,,of ,,the   
,,lord--when the ,holy ,spirit was      
revealed to the      ,jews1 and about   
#cjjj souls were converted4    #ab4     
,blessed is he that waiteth             
--,,the ,,gentiles--    and cometh to   
the thousand three hundred and five and 
thirty days4        --the ,gentiles did 
wait for six years1 while the disciples 
were busy1 ,,preaching ,,the ,,word ,,to
 ,,none1 ,,but ,,unto ,,the ,,jews      
,,only4 ,acts ,,xi4 #ai4--;,if now we   
make the calculation for      #acce     
days1 we shall find1 that the prophecy  
brings us      direct to ,june #gth     
,a4,d4 #ci--on which day1 the ,holy     
,spirit      was revealed to the        
,,gentiles4    #ac4 ,but go thou thy way
 till the end be3 for thou shalt rest1  
and  stand in thy lot at the end of the 
days4        ,thus the heavenly visitor 
announced the fact of a                 
resurrection day1 but gave no intimation

 whatever as      to when that day would
 come4 ,in this respect also the        
teachings of ,daniel are in perfect     
accord with those of      the ,new      
,testament4 ,of that day and hour       
knoweth no man2      no1 not the angels 
of ,heaven4 ,matt4 ,,xxiv4 #cf4         
,,notes4          ,,jewish              
,,independence ,,day4    ,the era of the
 ,seleucid among the ,greeks and        
,eastern nations1  sometimes called the 
era of contracts1 dated from the capture
  of ,babylon by ,seleucus ,nicator1    
,oct4 #ast ,b4,c4 #cab4 ,the complete   
subjugation of the city followed #f     
months later1 and therefore the         
,babylonians counted from the spring of 
,b4,c4 #caa4 ,with this exception  the  
former date has been generally regarded 
as the true epoch4 ,the  years run as   
below3                        ,,years   
,,of ,,the ,,seleucid4          #ast    
year began ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #cab and ended  
,oct4 ,b4,c4 #caa        #bnd           
#caa                   #caj        #crd 

#caj                   #cji        #eth 
#cjh                   #cjg       #ajth 
#cjc                   #cjb       #ejth 
#bfc                   #bfb      #ajjth 
#bac                   #bab      #aejth 
#afc                   #afb      #agjth 
#adc                   #adb      #agast 
#adb                   #ada      and so 
on4    ,we pause at the beginning of the
 #agast year because it was a year  of  
great moment in the life of the ,jewish 
nation4 ,the deepest  interest is       
focussed on the #bcrd day of the #bnd   
month when ,simon1  brother of ,judas   
,maccabeus1 destroyed a great enemy out 
of ,israel1  and ,,cleansed the ,temple 
of its abominations4 ,he also ordained1 
that the day should be observed ever    
after1 as a ,national  holiday4--,i     
,macc4 ,,xiii4 #ea4    ,we note that the
 #agast year1 like all others of the    
,seleucid1  began with the month of     
,october1 which was the first month of  
the  ,macedonian calendar4 ,it was      
called ,hyperberetaeus1 the second month

  ,dius1 the third1 ,apellaeus and so   
on4 ,but the question that concerns  us 
most is1 whether the writer of ,first   
,maccabees actually reckoned  by        
,macedonian months8 ,a careful          
examination of the entire book shows    
that he mentioned #d ,hebrew months by  
name--,casleu1 ,adar1 ,elul and         
,sabat--also that he clearly located    
another1 viz3--,tisri1 but not  in a    
single instance did he mention the name 
of a ,macedonian month1  or refer to the
 ,macedonian calendar in any manner     
whatsoever4 ,that he  did not regard    
,october as being the ,,first month is  
plainly declared  in ,i ,macc4 ,x4 #ba1 
where he says3--        ,so in the      
,,seventh month of the #afjth year1 at  
the feast      of tabernacles1 ,jonathan
 put on the holy robe1 etc4             
,sept4_/,oct4 therefore was the         
,,seventh month1 according to the usage 
of  the writer of the ,first book of    
,maccabees1 which gives the following   
succession3--        ,b4,c4 #adb        

,sept4_/,oct41 the ,,seventh  month     
,,tisri              ,oct4_/,nov41      
,,eighth        ,marchesvan             
,nov4_/,dec41     ,,ninth               
,casleu              ,dec4_/,jan41      
,,tenth         ,tebeth      ,b4,c4 #ada
 ,jan4_/,feb41  the ,,eleventh month    
,shebat              ,feb4_/,march1     
,,twelfth       ,,adar                  
,mar4_/,april1    ,,first               
,,nisan              ,apr4_/,may1       
,,second        ,,iyar    ,the rest of  
the way is easy4 ,we have only to follow
 the ,jewish  calendar of ,rabbi ,hillel
 ,,ii and we learn that the #bcrd day of
 the  ,,second month corresponded with  
the        #d,,th ,,day ,,of ,,may      
,b4,c4 #ada1    the great day of        
,national ,independence4 ,having thus   
far followed  exclusively the years of  
the ,seleucid as common among ,greeks   
and  ,orientals1 let us now turn to the 
system of the ,babylonians4 ,their  era 
began1 as already explained1 with the   
spring of ,b4,c4 #caa4  ,accordingly1   

their #agast year began with the spring 
of ,b4,c4 #ada1 and  the ,,second month 
of course coincided with ,apr4_/,may1 or
 the ,jewish  month ,iyar4 ,it matters  
not1 therefore1 whether you follow the  
system  of the ,greeks or that of the   
,babylonians1 you will arrive at the    
same  goal1 viz3--,may #dth ,b4,c4 #ada4
    ,one can hardly overestimate the    
importance of this discovery1 because  a
 knowledge of the ,national             
,independence day gives a fixed starting
  point for that mysterious group of    
,,days--#bcjj1 #abij and #acce--;as     
revealed by the angel ,gabriel to       
,daniel the ,prophet4          ,,note   
,a4    ,,darius1 ,,or ,,cyaxares4       
,,daniel ,v4 #ca4    ,and ,darius the   
,median took the kingdom1 being about   
threescore and  two years old4 ,in the  
first verse of the #ith chapter we are  
told  that ,darius was the son of       
,ahasuerus1 the same ,assuerus spoken of
 in  the #aeth verse of the #adth       
chapter of ,tobit1 the ,astyages of     

,median  history4 ,astyages was king of 
the ,medes and reigned for #ce years    
from  ,b4,c4 #eic-eeh4 ,his son         
,cyaxares ,josephus ,x4 #aa1 #d4        
succeeded him on  the throne and his    
daughter ,mandan married ,cambyses of   
,persia4 ,their  offspring was ,cyrus   
the ,great1 who thus represented the    
,royal houses  of both ,media and       
,persia4 ,cyaxares therefore was the    
uncle of ,cyrus4  ,as a boy ,cyrus was  
brought up by his grandfather and       
accompanied  his uncle on shooting      
expeditions4 ,a very strong attachment  
was  formed with the latter so that in  
after years when ,cyrus deposed his     
grandfather1 in ,b4,c4 #eeh1 he made his
 uncle the king of ,media4 ,still  later
 when ,cyrus took ,babylon and pacified 
the inhabitants he made  his uncle      
,cyaxares king pro tem1 who occupied the
 throne from  ,b4,c4 #ech-ecf4 ,cyrus of
 course continued to be1 as the         
annalistic  tablet relates1 the powerful
 king1 the king of ,babylon1 'the king  

of  ,sumar and ,akkad'--the king of the 
four zones4 ,but the laws of ,persia  as
 outlined by ,herodotus ,,vii4 #a4 #b4  
and ,,iii4 #ff made it necessary  for   
him to appoint a successor before       
starting out to war1 who would  govern  
during his absence4 ,so we find1 after  
,gobryas the governor  of the country of
 ,ararat and the soldiers of ,cyrus1    
without fighting  entered ,babylon1 the 
country became submissive and attention 
could  be directed elsewhere2 that when 
in the course of their march they       
arrived in the ,median territory ,cyrus 
turned off to visit ,cyaxares2  and     
after they had embraced each other1     
,cyrus first told ,cyaxares  that there 
were domestics and palaces set apart for
 him in ,babylon1  that when he came    
thither he might have what was his own  
to come to4  ,xenophon ,,viii4 ,it is   
hard to imagine how ,cyrus could have   
paved the  way more perfectly for the   
reign of his uncle ,cyaxares in         
,babylon1  whom we believe was ,darius  

the ,mede of ,scripture4 ,his reign was 
of  short duration1 but it came at a    
critical period in the history  of the  
,jews4 ,only two years remained to      
complete the ,babylonian  captivity and 
,divine influences were at work for the 
return of  the chosen people4 ,daniel   
,x4 #ac4 ,more than a century previous  
to that time the ,scriptures had named  
,cyrus as the shepherd1  ,isaiah ,,xlv4 
#a1 #c4 and when ,cyrus placed his uncle
 temporarily on  the throne of ,babylon1
 a heavenly messenger was sent to       
,darius who  stood to confirm and       
strengthen him4 ,daniel ,,xi4 #a4 ,this 
gave  the ,jews a friend at court who   
paved the way for that celebrated       
emancipation proclamation which ,cyrus  
issued on his return to  ,babylon4      
,naturally such a document belonged     
among the state papers  and should have 
been found in the house of the rolls    
where the  treasures were laid up in    
,babylon1 but diligent search proved of 
no avail4 ,ezra ,,vi4 #a4 ,however1 as  

the document was dated in the  time of  
,darius the ,mede1 official attention   
was next directed to  the palace that is
 in the province of the ,medes1 where a 
careful  search proved successful4 ,ezra
 ,,vi4 #b4 ,there they found the        
original  roll stowed away among the    
royal documents and forwarded it to     
,king  ,darius ,hystaspes4 ,the king    
promptly ratified the decree of ,cyrus  
and  added1 ,let it be done with speed4 
,the history of ,darius the ,mede is    
therefore one of peculiar interest in   
the life of the ,jewish people4         
,,note ,b4    ,,the ,,sum ,,of ,,the    
,,matters4 ,,daniel ,,vii4 #a ,,and #be4
    ,the vision of the four great beasts
 is now complete and we have  reached   
the sum of the matters in verse #be4    
,already in chapter ,,ii4  the same     
subject was summarized by the following 
language3 ,in the  days of these kings  
shall the ,god of heaven set up a       
kingdom1 which  shall never be destroyed
 444 and it shall stand forever4 ,the   

present  summary differs from the first 
in that it localizes the endless        
kingdom1 and tells the year when it     
would be set up4 ,whenever we send  a   
telegram and wish to conceal our meaning
 from the public we employ  single words
 to express conditions and quantities4  
,twice1 ,daniel  was told by his        
heavenly visitor3--shut thou up the     
vision1 it  is therefore proper to infer
 that the word ,,time was used to       
express  a certain number of years and  
,,times to express a greater number of  
years4 ,but what heavenly measure of    
time do we find in the ,bible1          
associated with the punishment of       
nations1 that can be taken as  the unit 
period for measuring seasons of ,god's  
displeasure8 ,turn  to ,zech4 ,i4 #abth 
and we read3--,then the angel of the    
,lord answered  and said1 ,o ,lord of   
hosts1 how long wilt thou not have mercy
 on  ,jerusalem and on the cities of    
,judah against which thou hast had      
indignation these threescore and ten    

years4 ,for other examples1 see  ,,note 
,d4 ,if then the word ,,time was        
inserted in the heavenly message  as a  
symbol for #gj years1 and the numeral #g
 conveyed to the ,jewish  mind the idea 
of a perfect quantity1 then a week of   
,,time1 or #g times  #gj might very     
naturally be symbolized by the word     
,,times4 ,we find in  ,gen4 ,,ii4 #d4   
that the #g ,,days of creation are      
spoken of in the singular  as1 the ,,day
 the ,lord ,god made the earth and the  
heavens4 ,besides  every #gth year was a
 ,sabbatic year4 ,so that whatever the  
word ,,time  means in the singular1 we  
may reasonably take the word ,,times to 
mean a #g fold quantity in the plural4  
,we find another measure in  ,matt4     
,,xviii4 #bb4 where the ,divine idea of 
forgiveness is expressed  in numerals4  
,the apostle ,peter thought that he did 
well in fixing the  unit of forgiveness 
at #g fold1 but he was told to multiply 
his scant  number by #gj before he could
 attain to the ,divine standard4 ,if now

  we substitute these values for their  
symbols in the formula3 ,time1  ,times  
and ,half-time we shall obtain1 #gj plus
 #dij1 plus #ce1 equals  to #eie years4 
,verse four supplies the initial date   
for this series  of years4 ,from it we  
learn that the sum of the matters       
started with  the ,medo-,persian kingdom
 of ,cyrus1 who united in his own person
 the  blood of both royal houses and    
became king in ,b4,c4 #eeh4 ,from this  
date to the ,christian era was #eeg     
years and from the era to ,a4,d4 #ci    
was #ch years more1 making a total of   
#eeg plus #ch1 or #eie years4 ,from     
which we learn that the sum of the      
matters or the full time arrived  for   
the setting up of the kingdom in ,a4,d4 
#ci4 ,the prophecy therefore  gives us  
the year1 and we shall find that the    
#abth verse of the #abth  chapter       
supplies the day when all these things  
were finished4 ,the  apostle ,peter in  
describing the events of that day       
said3--,forasmuch  then as ,god gave    

them 7the ,gentiles7 the like gift as he
 did unto  us1 who believed on the ,lord
 ,jesus ,christ1 what was ,i1 that ,i   
could  withstand ,god8 ,when they heard 
these things they held their peace1  and
 glorified ,god1 saying1 ,then hath ,god
 also on the ,gentiles granted          
repentance unto life4 ,acts ,,xi4 #ag1  
#ah4    ,the admission of the ,gentiles 
was deemed a matter of so great         
importance that the formula has been    
repeated in the #gth verse of  the #abth
 chapter1 also material has been given  
in the #abth verse of  the same chapter 
by which the very day itself can be     
computed4 ,the  passages stand to each  
other in the relation of demonstration  
to  proof4          ,,note ,c4          
,,days4    ,in searching for symbolic   
numbers we found that number #di stood  
both  for the ,jubilee year and for the 
,feast of ,weeks3--,concerning the      
,jubilee it was said3--,and thou shalt  
number #g sabbaths of years unto  thee1 
#g times #g years3 and the space of #g  

sabbaths of years shall  be unto thee   
#di years4 ,leviticus ,,xxv4            
#h4--;,concerning ,pentecost it  was    
said3 ,and thou shalt keep the feast of 
weeks unto the ,lord thy  ,god--,seven  
weeks shalt thou number unto thee3 begin
 to number the  #g weeks from such time 
as thou beginnest to put the sickle to  
the  corn4 ,deu4 ,,xvi4 #i1 #aj4 ,the   
feast was to be kept in a fourfold      
manner  with the offering of a tribute1 
with rejoicing1 with remembrance1 and   
with obedience4 ,for more than #cfjj    
years has this beautiful custom  been   
observed among the ,jews1 so that #di1  
the number of days1 comes  to us with   
special emphasis4 ,with such a prominent
 place assigned  to it in the ,jewish   
ritual1 no wonder if it found a place in
 the  symbolic language of the heavenly 
visitor4 ,we have discovered that  such 
was the case and accordingly have made  
calculations for the  three periods     
represented by #bcjj days1 #abij days   
and #de days  7#acce less #abij7 on the 

basis that each prophetic day equals    
#di ordinary days of #bd hours each4    
,they stand for #aab1gjj ordinary  days2
 #fc1baj days and #bbje days4 ,in       
reducing these days to years the        
sidereal year was taken as the ,standard
 year4 ,a sidereal year1 or  time in    
which the earth makes one revolution1   
the point of reference  being a fixed   
star1 amounts to #cfe days #f hours #i  
minutes #i-f_/aj  seconds1 expressed    
decimally it equals #cfe4befcfaa days4  
,by dividing  each period of ordinary   
days by the number of days in a sidereal
 year  we obtain the actual length of   
each prophetic period4 ,in arranging    
these periods1 the starting point was   
,may #dth ,b4,c4 #ada1 or day on  which 
the ,temple precincts were cleansed by  
,simon ,maccabeus4 ,the  #abij days     
carries us directly to ,may #bdth ,a4,d4
 #cc1 which was the day  of ,pentecost  
that great and notable day of the ,lord 
when the ,holy  ,spirit descended upon  
the disciples at ,jerusalem4 ,it is     

interesting  to note in this case how   
very precise is the language of         
,scripture4  ,the passage reads3--,when 
the day of ,pentecost was ,,fully come4 
,after their return from ,babylon the   
,jews were accustomed to devote  two    
days1 instead of one1 to the observance 
of the feast1 and as  ,pentecost that   
year fell on ,may #bcrd and #bdth1 the  
day of ,pentecost  was ,,fully come on  
the day indicated by our chart4 ,the    
event therefore  happened precisely as  
foretold by the heavenly visitor1 who   
said to  ,daniel1 the vision of the     
evening and the morning which was told  
is  ,,true1 and it came about with that 
degree of exactness with which          
astronomers become familiar in their    
study of the heavenly bodies4  ,the     
chart clearly proves that the #abij days
 is a perfect fit  between two          
well-known dates4 ,the other periods    
give us two extremely  important dates  
heretofore absolutely unknown to ,bible 
students4        ,,the ,,only ,,key ,,to

 ,,daniel',s ,,prophecies4        #bcjj 
,,days4--,dan4 ,,viii4 #ad4             
,sidereal year  #cfe days               
#cfe4jjjjjjj days4                      
#f hrs4      #j4bejjjjj                 
#i min4      #j4jjfbejj                 
#i4f sec4    #j4jjjaaaa                 
-----------                             
#cfe4befcfaa                            
-----------                             
#bcjj days4                             
#di                           -----     
#bjg                           #ib      
---------------            #cfe4befcfaa 
7 #aabgjj4jjjjj 7 #cjh4eejda years4     
#ajiegf #ijhcc                          
--------------                          
#cabcjiafgjj                            
#bibbjejhhhh                            
-------------                           
#bjajdjghabj                            
#ahbfbhahjee                            
-------------                           
#ahdabfjjfej           #cfe4befcfaa     
#ahbfbhahjee                4#eejda     

-------------           -----------     
#adighbeiejj            #cfebefcjaa     
#adfajbedddd          #adfajbedddd      
------------        #ahbfbhahjee        
#cfhjjejefj       #ahbfbhahjee          
#cfebefcfaa      ----------------       
----------      #bja4jdjgfcgacjea days4 
----------------         #bcjj ,,days   
equal to3                #cjh ,,years1  
#f ,,months1 #ba ,,days4           99   
99       99       99       99           
#abij ,,days4--,dan4 ,,xii4 #aa4        
#abij days4                             
#di                           -----     
#aafa                           #eaf    
--------------             #cfe4befcfaa 
7 #fcbaj4jjjjj 7 #agc4jefecdc years4    
#cfebe #fcfaa                           
------------                            
#bffhd #cfchij                          
#beefg #idebgg                          
-------------                           
#aaaf #dahfacj                          
#ajie #gfijhcc                          
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#bj #fdiebigjj                          
#ah #bfbhahjee                          
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#b #chfgaafdej                          
#b #aiaechafff                          
-------------                           
#aieagcdghdj            #cfe4befcfaa    
#ahbfbhahjee               4#jefecdc    
------------            -----------     
#abedebighej            #ajiegfijhcc    
#ajiegfijhcc           #adfajbedddd     
------------          #ajiegfijhcc      
#aehgfjgjagj         #ahbfbhahjee       
#adfajbedddd        #baiaechafff        
------------       #ahbfbhahjee         
#abfehaegbfj      -----------------     
#ajiegfijhcc      #bj4fdieabfieccegc    
days4       -----------                 
-----------------        #abij ,,days   
equal to3                #agc ,,years1  
#j ,,months1 #bj ,,days4           99   
99       99       99       99           
#acce ,,days4--,dan4 ,,xii4 #ab4        
#acce days4                       ,less 
#abij                            ----   

,difference   #de days4                 
#di                            ----     
#dje                            #ahj    
---------------                         
#cfe4befcfaa 7 #bbje4jjjjjjj 7 #f4jcfhef
 years4                            #baia
 #echafff                               
--------------                          
#ac #dfahccdjj                          
#aj #iegfijhcc                          
-------------                           
#b #ejdadbefgj                          
#b #aiaechafff                          
------------                            
#cabfjddjjdj                            
#bibbjejhhhh                            
------------                            
#bjciicaaebj                            
#ahbfbhahjee                            
------------           #cfe4befcfaa     
#bacfdicdfej               4#jcfhef     
#baiaechafff           -----------      
-----------           #baiaechafff      
#ahbfbhahjee         #bibbjejhhhh       
#baiaechafff       #ajiegfijhcc         

----------------      #ac4dfahhhdddgjaf 
days4      ----------------        #de  
,,days equal to3             #f ,,years1
 #j ,,months1 #ac ,,days4           99  
99       99       99       99           
,,temple ,,cleansed      ,october #ad   
,b4,c4 #dej    #bcjj      ,may #d ,b4,c4
 #ada     #abij        ,,end ,,of ,,the 
,,double     ----       ,,national      
,,day4     ----      ,,indignation4     
,note ,d4     ,days            ,note ,c4
        ,days            ,,pentecost    
,may #bd ,a4,d4 #cc        #de          
,june #g ,a4 ,d4 #ci         ,,that     
,,great ,,and       ----  ,,the ,,holy  
,,spirit ,,bestowed       ,,notable     
,,day ,,of ,,the      ,days    ,,on     
,,the ,,gentiles ,,also4                
,,lord4  ,note ,f4                      
,note ,c4        ,examined and ,found   
,correct1 ,,lawrence ,e4 ,,brown  ,,co41
      ,public ,accountants for ,state of
 ,pennsylvania4        ,copyright #aije1
 by ,w4 ,s4 ,,auchincloss4    ,the ,holy
 ,spirit's appearance to the ,gentiles  

in the ,summer of ,a4,d4 #ci  was at a  
time peculiarly favorable for the       
conversion of ,cornelius4  ,the         
persecution of ,a4,d4 #cf1 following the
 dismissal of ,pilate1 was  succeeded by
 a period of rest and rapid growth among
 the infant  churches4 ,there was1 then1
 neither the marching of armies1 nor    
even  the rumor of war4 ,true1 these all
 came in the ,fall of ,a4,d4 #dj1 when  
,petronius was sent to ,syria with      
instructions to place the images of  the
 ,romans in the ,temple at ,jerusalem4  
,it may be said in passing1  that the   
expedition landed in ,ptolemais and     
there wintered4 ,but in  the ,spring of 
,a4,d4 #da the attitude of the ,jews was
 so determined1  that ,petronius sent to
 ,rome for additional instructions4 ,the
 ,emperor1  however1 died quite         
suddenly1 and the expedition was finally
  abandoned4 ,the year ,a4,d4 #ci was a 
time of peace and good order2 a  time   
most favorable to the all-important     
mission of the ,holy ,spirit4           

,,note ,d4    ,,two ,,thousand ,,and    
,,three ,,hundred ,,days4 ,,dan4 ,,viii4
 #ad4    ,in the vision of the evening  
and the morning it is evident that      
#bcjj days must end with a complete     
cleansing of the sanctuary1 and         
unquestionably this was accomplished by 
,simon ,maccabeus on ,may the  #dth     
,b4,c4 #ada4 ,i ,mac4 ,,xiii4 #ea2 but  
at what time they should begin  to count
 is not so evident4 ,the #aith verse    
tells us3 ,i will make  thee know what  
shall be in the last end of the         
indignation4    ,we ask3 what           
indignation8 ,when was the first end8   
,when the middle8  and ,when the last   
end8    ,we note first1 that the speaker
 was the angel ,gabriel1 consequently   
the indignation referred to was of      
,divine origin4 ,the word  indignation  
stands for sore displeasure ,zech4 ,i4  
#b4 ,it arose in  the year ,b4,c4 #eij1 
the seventh of the captivity1 at which  
time ,israel  was cast off and          
,nebuchadnezzar prepared to wage war    

against them4  ,it was announced in the 
following words3--,as ,i live saith the 
,lord  ,god1 ,i will not be inquired of 
by you ,ezek4 ,,xx4 #c4 ,the indignation
  lasted just #gj years ,zech4 ,i4 #ab  
and ended by a promise of pardon  made  
in the eighth month1 which according to 
the calendar of ,rabbi  ,hillel ,,ii4   
7,,idan ,,olamim of ,j4 ,l4 ,sossnitz7  
began ,october #beth  ,b4,c4 #ebj ,zech4
 ,i4 #a and #c4 ,we note in passing that
 although ,cyrus  put an end to the     
,babylonian captivity in ,b4,c4 #ecf and
 the people  returned to the land of    
,judea1 yet they encountered insuperable
  obstacles which held up their work    
,ezra ,v4 #c until the year  ,b4,c4     
#ebj1 which was the end of #gj years'   
indignation4 ,from these  passages we   
learn what were the limitations in one  
case of sore  displeasure4 ,but ,isaiah 
prophesied that ,jerusalem would receive
 of  the ,lord's hand double for all her
 sins ,isa4 ,,xl4 #b4 ,jeremiah also    
spoke in the same vein ,and first ,i    

will recompense their iniquity  and     
their sin double ,jer4 ,,xvi4 #ah4 ,when
 we reach ,b4,c4 #dcc we  find that     
,nehemiah dreaded a still further return
 of ,god's sore  displeasure and warned 
the nobles of ,judah against profaning  
the  ,sabbath day4 ,neh4 ,,xiii4 #af1   
#ah4 ,as the first indignation ended    
with the #hth month of ,b4,c4 #ebj1 a   
double period ought to end with  the    
#hth month of ,b4,c4 #dej1 that is1 with
 ,october #bnd of that year4  ,but you  
object1 how could a period be truly #gj 
years in length1 when  it began with    
,october #beth and ended with ,october  
the #bnd8 ,this  question admits of easy
 explanation4 ,according to the ,jewish 
calendar  the eighth month comes and    
goes with the phases of the moon1 just  
like our ,easter occurs at different    
seasons1 hence we must take the  average
 of these dates1 viz3 ,october the #adth
 as our representative  day4 ,we have   
already alluded to the delays           
experienced by the ,jews  when freed by 

,cyrus and desire at this point to draw 
attention to the  fact that             
,zerubbabel's temple was not completed  
until ,b4,c4 #eae1 ,,just  #e ,,years   
after the indignation period expired1 in
 ,b4,c4 #ebj2 and that  in like manner  
,nehemiah's temple was not completed    
until ,b4,c4 #dde1  ,,just #e ,,years   
after the next indignation period       
expired1 in ,b4,c4 #dej4  ,we might also
 add that from the time when the ,jews  
first worshipped  in ,babylon as        
captives in ,b4,c4 #ehe1 to the time    
when they worshipped  in ,zerubbabel's  
temple as free men in ,b4,c4 #eae was   
another instance  of a period #gj years 
long4 ,this frequent recurrence of      
#gj-year  periods shows that as a       
numeral #gj may justly be regarded as   
one  of the units of ,,time in the      
dispensation of ,god's providence1 and  
therefore to be reckoned with in the    
study of prophecy4    ,but returning to 
our representative day1 ,october #adth  
,b4,c4 #dej1 we  realize that when the  

first and the second indignation had    
passed1  the time came for the last end 
of the indignation spoken of in the     
#aith verse1 and known as the #bcjj     
days4 ,by the calculations given  in    
,,note ,c1 we find that #bcjj prophetic 
days exactly fill the interval  between 
,oct4 #adth ,b4,c4 #dej and ,may the    
#dth ,b4,c4 #ada4 ,having thus  brought 
out the limitations of the #bcjj days we
 would add1 that  ,daniel's eleventh    
chapter gives in outline a complete     
history of the  period under            
consideration1 so that the ,jews had it 
in their power  to tell the prophetic   
time of day at any moment between ,b4,c4
 #dej and  ,b4,c4 #ada4        ,,days4  
,,graphic ,,exhibit4        ,end of the 
,october #ad1 ,b4,c4 #dej4              
----------------------------------------
------------------      ,,double        
,,indignation                           
,sabbattic year4      ,jeremiah ,,xvi4  
#ah4                                    
#bcjj4444444444444;,,days4  ,dan4       

,,viii4 #ad4                            
,,temple ,,cleansed2                    
,national                               
,independence ,dayv,may #d1 ,b4,c4 #ada4
        ,i ,mac4 ,,xiii4 #ea4           
#abij4444444444444;,,days4 ,dan4 ,,xii4 
#aa4                                    
,,that ,,great ,,and                    
,,notable ,,day ,,of ,,the ,,lord4      
,,pentecost v,may #bd1 ,a4,d4 #cc4      
,acts ,,ii4 #bj4                        
#de444444444444;,,days  #acce less      
#abij4                                  
,dan4 ,,xii4 #ab4      ,the ,,holy      
,,spirit                      bestowed  
v                                       
----------------------------------------
------------------      ,,on ,,the      
,,gentiles ,,also4                      
,june #g1 ,a4,d4 #ci4             ,acts 
,x4 #de4          ,,note ,e4    ,,the   
,,exodus ,,from ,,persia4 ,,daniel ,,ix4
 #be4    ,ezra gives a full account of  
this great event in his history of the  
,jews1 in the ,v,i,i,ith and ,v,i,ith   

chapters of his book1 where he says1    
they began to go from ,babylon on the   
#ast day of the #ast month in  the #gth 
year of king ,artaxerxes1 also that they
 were not fairly under  way until the   
#abth day of the #ast month1 which was  
within two days of  the ,passover4      
,after a journey of #d months they      
arrived at the city of  ,jerusalem4     
,in fixing the date of the ,exodus from 
,persia we must determine the           
boundaries of the #gth year of          
,artaxerxes4 ,first1 as to the year     
itself1 it has been well established    
that his reign began in  ,b4,c4 #dfe4   
,then as to the month1 the statement    
found in ,neh4 ,i4 #a4  and ,,ii4 #a4   
render a commencement impossible between
 the months of  ,november and ,march1   
while the statement made in ,ezra ,,vii4
 #g1 #h  and #i preclude the interval   
from ,march to ,august following4 ,this 
narrows the field for the commencement  
of ,artaxerxes' reign down to  the      
months of ,august1 ,september and       

,october4 ,although there is no         
possible way of distinguishing between  
the relative claims of these  three     
months1 yet from the wording of         
,nehemiah ,i4 #a4 we shall decide  in   
favor of the last1 viz3 the month of    
,october4      ,it follows that3--      
#ast year of ,artaxerxes began ,oct4    
,b4,c4 #dfe1 ended ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #dfd    
#bnd                                #dfd
                #dfc     #crd           
#dfc                #dfb     #dth       
#dfb                #dfa     #eth       
#dfa                #dfj     #fth       
#dfj                #dei     #gth year  
of ,artaxerxes began ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #dei1 
ended ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #deh        and so   
on3    #bjth year of ,artaxerxes began  
,oct4 ,b4,c4 #ddf1 ended ,oct4 ,b4,c4   
#dde        and so on3    #cbnd year of 
,artaxerxes began ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #dcd1    
ended ,oct4 ,b4,c4 #dcc        --,neh4  
,v4 #ad4 and ,,xiii4 #f4    ,whence by  
reference to the calendar of ,rabbi     
,hillel ,,ii4 ,,idan ,,olamim  of ,j4   

,l4 ,sossnitz1 we derive the following  
dates for the      ,,exodus ,,from      
,,persia3      ,jews began to leave     
,babylon   ,march #beth ,b4,c4 #deh     
left the river of ,ahava  ,april  #eth  
#deh        arrived at ,jerusalem       
,july #bast     #deh    ,in conclusion  
we observe1 that the real start of the  
,jews under the  commandment1 viz3 their
 going forth took place3 ,april #eth    
,b4,c4 #deh1  and as ,christ rose from  
the dead on ,april #eth ,a4,d4 #cc1 the 
interval  between dates amounted to #dij
 years1 or ,,seventy ,,weeks1 exactly as
  foretold by the angel ,gabriel in     
,daniel ,,ix4 #bd4          ,,note ,f4  
,,date ,,of ,,the ,,crucifixion4 ,,dan4 
,,ix4 #bf4    ,since the prophecy of    
,daniel points directly to the time when
 ,messiah  would be cut off and not to  
the date of ,christ's birth1 it is      
evident  that neither the natal day nor 
the length of his life on earth are     
necessary to a complete understanding of
 the prophecy4 ,what we need  most to   

know are the day and the year in which  
,messiah was crucified4  ,happily these 
points can be determined by data found  
in the ,bible4  ,turn to ,luke ,,iii4 #a
 and #bc and we learn that ,jesus began 
to be about  #cj years of age in the    
#aeth year of ,tiberius ,caesar4 ,not   
that ,jesus  attained the age of #cj in 
the #aeth year of ,tiberius1 but that   
when  the last day of the #aeth year    
arrived1 viz3 ,aug4 #ahth ,a4,d4 #bi1   
,jesus  was ,,very ,,near #cj years old4
 ,his birthday anniversary therefore    
comes  in the ,fall of the year4 ,from  
that time on1 we count #c years to his  
crucifixion in ,a4,d4 #cc4 ,we learn    
from the parable of the barren fig      
tree1 also from ,daniel's prophecy that 
,messiah's ministry would last  one-half
 a prophetic week1 or #c years4 ,the    
parable itself accounts  for #c years3  
,behold these three years ,i come       
seeking fruit and find  none2 and since 
the parable was given1 about the time of
 the harvest  home1 or feast of         

tabernacles1 another half year was      
necessary to  carry the time over from  
the feast of tabernacles to the         
following  ,passover4 ,when this was    
completed his ministry ended4 ,at the   
very  outset of our ,lord's ministry he 
spoke of the work before him and        
proclaimed ,god's good pleasure in      
sending him1 to preach the gospel  to   
the poor1 to heal the broken hearted1 to
 preach deliverance to  the captives1   
the recovery of sight to the blind1 and 
to set at  liberty them that are        
bruised4 ,luke ,,iv4 #ah4 ,with this    
ministry  expressive of ,god's favor1   
,he then contrasted the ministry of     
,elias1  expressive of ,god's           
displeasure when the heaven was shut up 
#c ,,years  ,,and ,,six ,,months1 when  
great famine was throughout the land4   
,this  reference seems to have been a   
sign as to the exact length of  time    
,christ's ministry would continue on    
earth1 precisely as the  experience of  
,jonah in the fish was a sign of the    

length of time  ,christ would remain in 
the heart of the earth4 ,matthew ,,xii4 
#dj4  ,but the strongest evidence is    
furnished by the #d ,passovers which    
were  celebrated during the period of   
said ministry4    ,the years therefore  
ran as follows3--        ,christ began  
his ministry when #cj years old   ,fall 
,a4,d4 #bi      #ast ,passover ,john    
,,ii4 #ac                    ,spring    
#cj      #bnd              ,v4  #a      
#ca      #crd             ,,vi4  #d     
#cb      #dth             ,,xi4 #ee     
#cc    ,as regards the exact date of the
 fourth ,passover we know by astronomy  
that there was a full moon at #d4ae     
,p4,m4 on ,friday ,april #c ,a4,d4 #cc4 
,on  that day therefore ,messiah was cut
 off4    ,at this point let us glance   
backward #dij years1 or #gj weeks to the
  ,passover of ,b4,c4 #deh1 and we shall
 meet the children of ,israel making    
their ,exodus from ,persia ,ezra ,,viii4
 #ca going forth under the  leadership  
of ,ezra1 by commandment of ,artaxerxes 

ordering them  to restore and to build  
,jerusalem4 ,in view of this marvellous 
fulfilment of prophecy1 how frivolous do
 seem the charges of those  who claim   
that the ,book of ,daniel is--a bundle  
of loose leaves--a  consolatory         
political pamphlet--and written as      
historic fiction  in #afh-afe ,b4,c4    
,pretty good fiction1 is it not8 for one
 writing in  ,b4,c4 #afh to make        
declaration that a certain event1       
figured from a  given starting point1   
would positively take place at the end  
of  #dij years6 ,we have many writers of
 historic fiction in our own day1  but  
none so venturesome as the chief of the 
governors over all the  wise men of     
,babylon4 ,those who call the           
predictions found in the  ,book of      
,daniel--historic fiction--simply       
destroy the meaning of  words and pour  
contempt upon the ,word of ,god4    ,our
 explanation robs the ,i,xth chapter of 
,daniel of all its mystery  and shows   
why the ,,lord called him ,daniel the   

,,prophet4          ,,chronology4       
,,the ,,birth ,,of ,,christ4    ,christ 
was born in the year ,b4,c4 #b4 ,in     
support of this announcement  we do not 
propose to give a table of dates1       
setting forth the ideas  of the         
,christian ,fathers who wrote prior to  
the #eth century4 ,nor  those of        
,dionysius ,exiguus1 of the ,venerable  
,bede1 or of ,roger ,bacon1  all of whom
 wrote between the #eth and the #adth   
centuries4 ,neither  shall we give those
 of ,archbishops ,usher and ,lloyd in   
the #agth  century1 nor those of ,dr4   
,hales and of ,sir ,isaac ,newton in the
 #ahth  century1 nor those of ,prideaux 
and of the talented chronologist  ,h4   
,fynes ,clinton in the #aith century4   
,we find our authority in  ,eusebius the
 father of ecclesiastical history ,a4,d4
 #cbe and  give with it a #bjth century 
,chart in proof of the accuracy of his  
statement4    ,of course back of        
,eusebius lay ,jewish tradition1 which  
in modern  times has found expression in

 the ,jewish ,calendar of ,e4 ,h4       
,lindo2  ,london1 #ahch4 ,under the     
title of the ,book of the ,generations1 
that  noted chronologist states that the
 ,christian ,era began with the year    
,a4,m4 #cgfj1 in other words with the   
#cjth day of ,august ,b4,c4 #b as shown 
in the diagram4        ,,location ,,of  
,,christian ,,era                       
,,jewish ,,calendar4                    
,a4,m4 ,a4,m4                           
,a4,m4,a4,m4           ,a4,m4           
----------------------------------------
-------                                 
#efffeffe444444444444444444cgfjcgei44444
4444  #a                                
----------------------------------------
-------                                 
---------#aijf yrs--------------#cgei   
yrs-----                                
---------                    -------    
-------      ,sept4 #cjth               
,aug4 #cjth            ,oct4 #gth       
----v-----                    ----vv--- 
----v---                                

,a4,d4 ,a4,d4        ,a4,d4    ,b4,c4   
,b4,c4,b4,c4                            
----------------------------------------
---         #aijeaijd44444 #b  #a   #a  
#b 444444444 #cgfjcgfa                  
----------------------------------------
---                                     
,b4,c4                                  
------#aijd yrs-------------#cgfj       
yrs-------                              
,,christian ,,calendar4                 
---------------------#effe              
yrs-------------------    ,eusebius1 who
 as ,bishop of ,caesarea1 spent most of 
his life in ,judea1  possessed rare     
opportunities for verifying ,jewish     
tradition4 ,it is  very significant that
 his scholarly research led him to      
accept and  endorse a date for the      
commencement of the ,christian ,era1    
which is  identically the same as that  
preserved by the ,jews4    ,the ,new    
,testament plainly declares that ,christ
 was born shortly prior  to the death of
 ,herod the ,great4 ,the most perfect   

history we possess  of ,herod's life is 
found in the works of ,flavius          
,josephus1 who  acknowledged            
indebtedness to the ,commentaries of    
,king ,herod1 and  to the works of      
,nicolaus of ,damascus1 the             
historiographer of ,herod4  ,it should  
be remembered that for his facts        
,josephus depended entirely  on others1 
because ,herod died almost #dj years    
before ,josephus was  born and          
therefore1 however accurate ,josephus   
might be individually1  he was liable to
 be mistaken by the error of others4    
,let us turn to  the ,x,i,vth book of   
his ,antiquities1 because it contains a 
statement  of than ordinary precision   
which bears directly on the date of     
,herod's death and may rightly be       
regarded as the corner stone of         
,josephus' calculations regarding       
,herod's reign4 ,it is there recorded   
that ,hyrcanus began to rule in the #c;d
 year of the #aggth olympiad  ,b4,c4    
#gj_/fi4 ,at first sight1 one cannot    

help being pleased1 that  in so         
important a matter1 ,josephus took      
special pains to be exact1  for nowhere 
else in all his writings does he give   
the year of any  olympiad4 ,it was his  
custom simply to announce the olympiad  
and leave  the reader to guess in which 
one of four years the event took place4 
,however1 in this one instance he gave  
the year and left nothing to  be        
supplied4 ,this apparent accuracy has   
led many readers astray1  for they have 
lost sight of the fact that his         
statement is not  historically correct4 
,it is a well-established fact that     
,pompey took ,jerusalem on the #bdth    
day of ,may1 ,b4,c4 #fc1 that he deposed
 ,aristobulus and made ,hyrcanus        
monarch4 ,according to this1 the        
brothers reigned about #f years4        
,josephus1 however1 states that one     
reigned #c years and #f months  ,,xiv4  
#f4 #a1 and the other reigned only #c   
months ,,xv4 #f4 #d1 making a  total of 
#c years instead of #f years4 ,here1    

then1 we have discovered  a huge gap of 
about #c years in the reckoning of      
,josephus4 ,we believe  this is the     
first time that public attention has    
been directed to  this grave error3 we  
say grave1 because it has led the       
,christian  world astray and fostered   
the belief that ,christ was born in     
,b4,c4 #e  instead of the year ,b4,c4   
#b4 ,happily1 ,eusebius escaped this    
pitfall4    ,it is evident from the     
chart1 that in the case of #f reigns    
,josephus  ,,stretched ,,his ,,figures  
and made them occupy #ajc years instead 
of  #ajj years4 ,this proves that his   
figures1 in part1 were matters of       
calculation and not rigid statements of 
historical facts4 ,no notice  can be    
taken of the joint-rule exercised by    
,augustus and ,tiberius  between ,a4,d4 
#aa and #ad1 because that mode of       
reckoning is unnatural4  ,the day of    
one's death is the natural dividing line
 between reigns1  and as ,augustus      
,caesar died on the #aith day of        

,august1 ,a4,d4 #ad  ,tiberius ,caesar  
began to reign on the same day4         
,besides1 to admit a  joint-rule would  
hopelessly add another #c years to      
,josephus' error  and put him in the    
light of having carried his process for 
,,stretching  ,,figures #f points       
instead of #c points4 ,what he did do in
 that line is  bad enough1 without      
making matters worse4    ,it will be    
observed that the work of contracting   
,josephus' figures  has been            
accomplished in part on the second line1
 but the final  rectification appears on
 the last line4 ,these results maintain 
the  integrity of all that ,josephus    
said about the following olympiads1     
viz3 the #agith1 #ahdth1 #aheth1 #ahgth1
 and #aibnd4--,they also accord  with   
the discovery of ,zumpt regarding a     
double term in the  governorship of     
,cyrenius4 ,we reach a solid ground on  
the #aeth year  of ,tiberius ,caesar and
 arrive at last at the first ,easter    
,sunday1  viz3 ,april #e1 ,a4,d4 #cc1   

the end of the ,,seventy ,,weeks of the 
,prophet  ,daniel4    ,in conclusion we 
observe1 that the life of ,christ on    
earth covered a  period of #cc years1   
and that        ,,christ ,,was ,,born   
,,in ,,the ,,fall ,,of ,b4,c4 #b4       
,,years ,,in ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,christ4
    ,the dates given herewith have been 
collated from the chart which           
accompanies this volume4                
,birth--about time of the ,feast of     
,tabernacles  ,fall  ,b4,c4   #b        
,christ in the ,temple                  
,a4,d4  #aa        ,his baptism ,luke   
,,iii4 #a and #bc             ,summer   
#bi        ,began his ministry          
,fall       #bi        ,purgeth the     
,temple                                 
,spring       #cj        ,disciples     
baptize throughout ,judea               
#cj        ,spends the year in ,galilee 
#ca        ,john ,baptist imprisoned    
,spring       #ca        ,the ,apostles 
sent out                                
#ca        ,john beheaded               

,spring       #cb        ,fed the       
multitudes1 #ejjj and #djjj             
#cb        ,the transfiguration         
#cb        ,feast of ,tabernacles1 see  
,thursday1 ,oct4 #ith       #cb         
,john ,,vii4 #b and #ad                 
,completed #c years of ministry4        
,parable of fig-tree1 barren            
#cb        for #c years1 see ,luke #ac1 
#f         ,feast of dedication         
,thursday1 ,dec4 #ahth       #cb        
,the crucifixion                        
,friday1 ,april #crd       #cc          
,the resurrection                       
,sunday1 ,april #eth       #cc          
,ministry lasted #c years1 or   ,fall of
 ,a4,d4 #bi to ,spring  #cc             
one-half a ,,week of #g years           
,the ,ascension                         
,friday1 ,may #aeth  ,a4,d4  #cc        
,,years ,,in ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,herod4 
,the dates here given are the result of 
a geometric plotting of the  facts given
 in the works of ,flavius               
,josephus3--see chart with this  volume4

        ,herod the ,great was born in   
,b4,c4   #ga        ,made ,governor of  
,galilee when          #ah years old    
7not #ae7 and in                    #ed 
the #ith year of ,hyrcanus ,,ii4        
,made king by the ,romans               
#dj        ,married ,mariamne           
,captured ,jerusalem                    
#cg        ,battle of ,actium in #gth   
year of his reign          #ca          
,hyrcanus ,,ii4 put to death            
,herod recrowned by ,caesar             
#cj        ,mariamne put to death       
#bi        ,herod afflicted with madness
                       #bh        #ast  
year of famine                          
#bd        #bnd                         
#bc        ,herod offered to rebuild    
,temple                    #ba          
,the priests began work                 
#ai        ,sanctuary dedicated         
#ah        ,cloisters finished          
#aa        #ast of ,caesar's ,games     
#i        #bnd                          
#d        ,alexander and ,aristobulus   

put to death              #d            
,total eclipse of the ,moon ,january    
#ith               #a        ,see       
,eclipses ,past and ,future1 by ,johnson
        ,death of ,herod the ,great     
,february  ,b4,c4    #a                 
,,asmonean ,,dynasty4    ,this          
government was founded by a priest named
 ,mattathias1 who had  five sons named  
respectively3--,john1 ,simon1 ,judas1   
,eleazar1 and  ,jonathan4 ,the dynasty  
lasted #acj years and was succeeded by  
the  ,idumean dynasty of ,herod the     
,great4 ,the dates here given result    
from  a geometric plotting of the facts 
given by ,josephus and the books of  the
 ,maccabees4        ,mattathias began to
 rule in       ,b4,c4  #afg             
,judas ,maccabeus began to rule in      
#aff        ,the feast of lights        
instituted          ,november #bfth     
#afe        ,alcimus1 high priest       
#afb        #g years interregnum        
#aei        ,jonathan ,maccabeus        
#aeb        ,simon made governor        

#ade        ,simon ,maccabeus           
#adc        ,temple cleansed ,may #dth  
#ada        ,john ,hyrcanus             
#ace        ,judas ,aristobulus1 king   
#aje        ,alexander ,janneus         
#ajd        ,queen ,alexandra           
#gf        ,hyrcanus ,,ii4              
#fg        ,aristobulus                 
#fg        ,hyrcanus ,,ii4              
#fc        ,antigonus                   
#dj        ,antigonus put to death      
#cg          ,,reigns ,,of ,,the        
,,chaldean ,,and ,,medo-,,persian       
,,kings4    ,these dates have been      
established after careful study of the  
works of  ,herodotus1 ,thucydides1      
,ctesias1 ,josephus1 ,berosus1 ,manetho1
 ,ptolemy1  ,diodorus1 ,julius          
,africanus1 ,eusebius1 ,egibi tablets2  
also ,annalistic  tablet of ,cyrus and  
,records of the ,past4                  
,,monarchs4                             
,b4,c4         ,reigned4                
,nabopolassar began to reign     #fbf   
#ba years        ,siege of ,jerusalem   

#fjf        ,nebuchadnezzar             
#fje           #dc           ,astyages1 
king of ,media         #eic             
#ce           ,evil-,merodach           
#efb            #b                      
,nergal-sarra-utsur              #efj   
#d           ,cyrus the ,great1         
king of ,persia                #eeh     
#bi           ,laborosoarkhodos         
#eef         #i_/ab year                
,nabonadios1 alone              #eef    
#ad      ,nabonadios and ,belshazzar    
#eda   #c                               
---       #ag years        ,babylon     
taken by ,cyrus          #ech           
,cyrus and ,darius               #ech   
#b      ,cyrus alone                    
#ecf   #g                               
---        #i           ,cambyses       
#ebi       #g-e_/ab           ,gomates  
#ebb         #g_/ab year        ,darius 
,hystaspes                #eba          
#cf years        ,xerxes                
#dhe           #bj           ,artabanus 
7,,usurper7        ,artaxerxes          

,longimanus           #dfe           #dj
           ,xerxes ,,ii4 and ,sogdianus 
mos4        ,darius ,nothus             
#dbe           #bi years                
,artaxerxes ,mnemon               #cif  
#cf           ,ochus                    
#cfj           #ba           ,arses     
#cci            #b           ,darius    
,codomannus               #ccg          
#d                99       99       99  
99       99          ,transcriber's     
,notes    ,punctuation has been         
standardized4    ,italic text has been  
denoted by underscores and bold text by 
equal  signs4    ,characters in small   
caps have been replaced by all caps4    
,words printed in red in the original   
text have been displayed by  indenting  
the block of text4    ,roman numerals   
have been standarized as capital        
letters4    ,non-,latin characters have 
been given an ,english transliteration3 
'oe' ligature -- oe    ,this book was   
written in a period when many words had 
not become  standardized in their       

spelling4 ,words may have multiple      
spelling  variations or inconsistent    
hyphenation in the text4 ,these have    
been  left unchanged unless noted below3
        ,page   #ej - ',danel' replaced 
with ',daniel'                  7with a 
lamentable voice unto ,daniel37         
,page   #eb - 'ino' replaced with 'into'
                  7cast them into the   
den of lions17        ,page   #gj -     
'troblous' replaced with 'troublous'    
7even in troublous times47        ,page 
#gj - 'befal' replaced with 'befall'    
7what shall befall thy people7          
,page   #gg - ,verse  omitted in        
original text                  7#a4     
,also ,i7        ,page   #hd - ',judus' 
replaced with ',judas'                  
7take advantage of ,judas ,maccabeus17  
,page   #if - ',babylonion' replaced    
with ',babylonian'                      
7complete the ,babylonian captivity7    
,page  #aaa - ',sabattic' replaced with 
',sabbattic'                            
7,sabbattic year47        ,page  #acd - 

',codomanus' changed to ',codomannus'   
for consistency                         
7,darius ,codomannus7