1. In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia the Word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the Word was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the Word, and had intelligence in the vision.
2. In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three weeks of days.
3. I ate no pleasant bread, neither did flesh nor wine come into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all until the three weeks of days were fulfilled.
4. And in the twenty-fourth day of the first month as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;