10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. 1
11:14 “In those times many will oppose 2 the king of the south. 3 Those who are violent 4 among your own people will rise up in confirmation of 5 the vision, but they will falter.
1 tn Heb “three weeks of days.” The inclusion of “days” here and in v. 3 is perhaps intended to call attention to the fact that these weeks are very different in nature from those of chap. 9, which are “weeks of years.”
2 tn Heb “stand against.”
3 sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181
4 tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.
5 tn Heb “to cause to stand.”