Daniel 2:24

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see ¹  Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came ²  and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me ³  to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” ⁴ 

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; ⁵  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, ⁶  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ⁷  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ⁸  that, according to the word of the LORD ⁹  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ¹⁰  were seventy in number.

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹¹  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ¹²  one who appeared to be a human being ¹³  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ¹⁴  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ¹⁵  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ¹⁶  of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, ¹⁷  nor will he continue ¹⁸  in his strength. ¹⁹  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ²⁰  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ²¹ 

Daniel 12:7

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ²²  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ²³  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

¹ tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

² tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

³ tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

⁴ tn Aram “the king.”

⁵ tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

⁶ tn Aram “my lord.”

⁹ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

¹¹ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

¹² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹³ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Behold.”

¹⁸ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

²¹ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

²² sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

²³ tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

²⁴ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

²⁵ tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.

²⁶ tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yolÿdah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate.

²⁷ sn Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus (ca. 246-227 B.C.), as the Seleucid king.

²⁵ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

²⁶ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).