4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored 3 to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated 4 over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.
6:10 When Daniel realized 7 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows 8 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. 9 Three 10 times daily he was 11 kneeling 12 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
1 tn Aram “all the peoples.”
2 tc Though not in the Aramaic text of BHS, this word appears in many medieval Hebrew
3 tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.
4 tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.
5 tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”
6 tn Aram “prays his prayer.”
7 tn Aram “knew.”
8 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
9 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
11 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew
12 tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).