Daniel 8:1 meaning and explanation

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.

Daniel 8:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Daniel dates this vision precisely, in the third year of Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, and notes it came after the earlier vision of chapter 7. The setting matters: Daniel is a Judean exile serving a foreign court, and the visions come to him in that displaced life.

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