2:29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. 1 The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.
8:1 2 In the third year 3 of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. 4
1 tn Aram “your thoughts upon your bed went up to what will be after this.”
2 sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.
3 sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551
4 tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.