in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
This does not indicate a change of date, it simply declares that the same solicitude was now bestowed on Cyrus, as had been manifested toward his royal representative Darius the Mede, when first placed on the throne of Babylon by Cyrus.
2. And now
“in the third year” since Cyrus captured the city. Daniel X. 1.
will I show thee the truth. Behold there shall stand up yet
after the setting up of the sanctuary and the host, B.C. 445, three kings in Persia, viz.: Darius Nothus, Artaxerxes Mnemon, and Ochus,
and the fourth
Darius Codomannus
shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength and through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3. And a mighty king