Daniel 1:9

1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. ¹ 

Daniel 1:14

1:14 So the warden ²  agreed to their proposal ³  and tested them for ten ⁴  days.

Daniel 3:30

3:30 Then Nebuchadnezzar ⁵  promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ⁶  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ⁷  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ⁸  Three ⁹  times daily he was ¹⁰  kneeling ¹¹  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Daniel 10:2

10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. ¹² 

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and compassion” is a hendiadys; the two words combine to express one idea.

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the warden mentioned in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:14]  ³ tn Heb “listened to them with regard to this matter.”

[1:14]  ⁴ sn The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10.

[3:30]  ³ tn Aram “and the king.” The proper name has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:10]  ⁴ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ⁵ 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.

[6:10]  ⁶ 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.

[6:10]  ⁷ 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.

[6:10]  ⁸ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ⁹ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).

[10:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “three weeks of days.” The inclusion of “days” here and in v. 3 is perhaps intended to call attention to the fact that these weeks are very different in nature from those of chap. 9, which are “weeks of years.”