And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
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Gill's Exposition
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month,.... Of the third year of Cyrus, as Jacchiades; or rather of the Jewish year, the month Ab or Nisan, which answers to part of March and April; so…
Barnes' Notes
And in the four and twentieth day of the first month - At the close of his season of fasting. Though he had not set apart this season of fasting with any view or expectation that it would be followed…
Adam Clarke
By the side of - Hiddekel - The same as the Tigris. the great river of Assyria; as the Euphrates of Syria, and the Nile of Egypt.
This vision is dated in the third year of Cyrus, that is, of his reign after the conquest of Babylon, his third year since Daniel became acquainted with him and a subject to him. Here is,
I. A general…
Cambridge Bible
the first month Abib (Exo 23:15), or (as it was called by the later Jews) Nisan (Neh 2:1), the month in which the Passover (on the 14th day) and feast of Unleavened Cakes (15th 21st) were kept (Exo…