Daniel 1:5
Context1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration 1 from his royal delicacies 2 and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained 3 for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. 4
Daniel 10:13
Context10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But 5 Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there 6 with the kings of Persia.


[1:5] 1 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
[1:5] 2 tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”
[1:5] 3 tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.
[1:5] 4 tn Heb “stand before the king.”
[10:13] 5 tn Heb “and behold.”
[10:13] 6 tc The Greek version of Theodotion reads “I left him [i.e., Michael] there,” and this is followed by a number of English translations (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT).