Translation of Daniel 9:1-2

[In a couple of weeks, I'm scheduled to do the Lord's Day morning Scripture reading at Kosmosdale Baptist Church from Daniel 9. I'm using this as an opportunity to review some Hebrew by doing my own translation of this chapter. I plan to post the translation here so that any friends who know Hebrew can give input on the translation.]

Daniel 9:1-2,

1 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans-- 2 in the first year of his reign-- I, Daniel, discerned in the books the number of years, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, to be fulfilled concerning the destruction of Jerusalem: seventy years.