Daniel 10:3

10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, ¹  nor did I anoint myself with oil ²  until the end of those three weeks.

Daniel 4:12

4:12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;

on it there was food enough for all.

Under it the wild animals ³  used to seek shade,

and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.

All creatures ⁴  used to feed themselves from it.

Daniel 4:21

4:21 whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals ⁵  used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest –

Daniel 2:2

2:2 The king issued an order ⁶  to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men ⁷  in order to explain his dreams to him. ⁸  So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. ⁹ 

Daniel 11:39

11:39 He will attack ¹⁰  mighty fortresses, aided by ¹¹  a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. ¹² 

Daniel 4:34

4:34 But at the end of the appointed time ¹³  I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up ¹⁴  toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.

I extolled the Most High,

and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.

For his authority is an everlasting authority,

and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

Daniel 11:2

11:2 Now I will tell you the truth.

The Angel Gives a Message to Daniel

“Three ¹⁵  more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth ¹⁶  king will be unusually rich, ¹⁷  more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against ¹⁸  the kingdom of Greece.

¹ tn Heb “mouth.”

² sn Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.

³ tn Aram “the beasts of the field.”

⁴ tn Aram “all flesh.”

⁵ tn Aram “the beasts of the field” (also in vv. 23, 25, 32).

⁷ tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.

⁸ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.

⁹ tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “stood before the king.”

⁹ tn Heb “act against.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “with.”

¹¹ tn Or perhaps “for a reward.”

¹¹ tn Aram “days.”

¹² tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”

¹³ sn Perhaps these three more kings are Cambyses (ca. 530-522 B.C.), Pseudo-Smerdis (ca. 522 B.C.), and Darius I Hystaspes (ca. 522-486 B.C.).

¹⁴ sn This fourth king is Xerxes I (ca. 486-465 B.C.). The following reference to one of his chiefs apparently has in view Seleucus Nicator.

¹⁵ tn Heb “rich with great riches.”

¹⁶ tn The text is difficult. The Hebrew has here אֶת (’et), the marker of a definite direct object. As it stands, this would suggest the meaning that “he will arouse everyone, that is, the kingdom of Greece.” The context, however, seems to suggest the idea that this Persian king will arouse in hostility against Greece the constituent elements of his own empire. This requires supplying the word “against,” which is not actually present in the Hebrew text.