Daniel 1:18

1:18 When the time appointed by the king arrived, ¹  the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.

Daniel 2:14

2:14 Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel ²  to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 8:11

8:11 It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, ³  from whom ⁴  the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary ⁵  was thrown down.

¹ tn Heb “at the end of the days which the king said to bring them.”

² tn Aram “returned prudence and counsel.” The expression is a hendiadys.

³ sn The prince of the army may refer to God (cf. “whose sanctuary” later in the verse) or to the angel Michael (cf. 12:1).

⁴ tn Or perhaps “and by him,” referring to Antiochus rather than to God.

⁵ sn Here the sanctuary is a reference to the temple of God in Jerusalem.