Daniel 10:1 meaning and explanation

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.

Daniel 10:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Daniel, an elderly Jewish exile living in Babylon, receives this revelation in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, roughly two years after Cyrus allowed the exiles to return home. The narrator notes Daniel's Babylonian name, Belteshazzar, tying this vision to the court stories of earlier chapters.

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