7:26 But the court will convene, 1 and his ruling authority will be removed –
destroyed and abolished forever!
2:12 Because of this the king got furiously angry 2 and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
2:24 Then Daniel went in to see 3 Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came 4 and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me 5 to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” 6
1 tn Aram “judgment will sit” (KJV similar).
2 tn Aram “was angry and very furious.” The expression is a hendiadys (two words or phrases expressing a single idea).
3 tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew
4 tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew
5 tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.
6 tn Aram “the king.”