1:18 When the time appointed by the king arrived, 5 the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.
1 tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.
2 tn Heb “and go and set him apart from his brothers and bring him into an inner room in an inner room.”
3 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:9.
4 tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”
5 tn Heb “at the end of the days which the king said to bring them.”