Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ¹  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ²  for you have given me strength.”

Daniel 11:5

11:5 “Then the king of the south ³  and one of his subordinates ⁴  will grow strong. His subordinate ⁵  will resist ⁶  him and will rule a kingdom greater than his. ⁷ 

Daniel 10:18

10:18 Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ⁸  and strengthened me.

Daniel 11:1

11:1 And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I ⁹  stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

Daniel 11:32

11:32 Then with smooth words he will defile ¹⁰  those who have rejected ¹¹  the covenant. But the people who are loyal to ¹²  their God will act valiantly. ¹³ 

Daniel 10:21

10:21 However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. ¹⁴  (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, ¹⁵  except Michael your ¹⁶  prince.

Daniel 11:7

11:7 “There will arise in his ¹⁷  place one from her family line ¹⁸  who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully. ¹⁹ 

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ²⁰  to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ²¹  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ²²  of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, ²³  nor will he continue ²⁴  in his strength. ²⁵  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ²⁶  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ²⁷ 

[10:19]  ¹ tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ² tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[11:5]  ³ sn The king of the south is Ptolemy I Soter (ca. 323-285 B.C.). The following reference to one of his subordinates apparently has in view Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 311-280 B.C.). Throughout the remainder of chap. 11 the expressions “king of the south” and “king of the north” repeatedly occur. It is clear, however, that these terms are being used generically to describe the Ptolemaic king (i.e., “of the south”) or the Seleucid king (i.e., “of the north”) who happens to be in power at any particular time. The specific identity of these kings can be established more or less successfully by a comparison of this chapter with the available extra-biblical records that discuss the history of the intertestamental period. In the following notes the generally accepted identifications are briefly mentioned.

[11:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “princes.”

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the subordinate prince mentioned in the previous clause) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “be strong against.”

[11:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “greater than his kingdom.”

[10:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “He added and touched me.” The construction is a verbal hendiadys.

[11:1]  ⁷ sn The antecedent of the pronoun “I” is the angel, not Daniel. The traditional chapter division at this point, and the presence of a chronological note in the verse similar to ones used elsewhere in the book to position Daniel’s activities in relation to imperial affairs, sometimes lead to confusion on this matter.

[11:32]  ⁹ tn Or “corrupt.”

[11:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “acted wickedly toward.”

[11:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “know.” The term “know” sometimes means “to recognize.” In relational contexts it can have the connotation “recognize the authority of, be loyal to,” as it does here.

[11:32]  ¹² sn This is an allusion to the Maccabean revolt, which struggled to bring about Jewish independence in the second century B.C.

[10:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a book of truth.” Several English versions treat this as a title of some sort (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although the NAB’s rendering “the truthful book” regards “truth” as an attributive adjective, as does the present translation.

[10:21]  ¹² tn The word “princes” is supplied for clarity.

[10:21]  ¹³ tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people.

[11:7]  ¹³ sn The reference is to the king of Egypt.

[11:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the stock of her roots.”

[11:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “will deal with them and prevail.”

[11:21]  ¹⁵ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).

[11:6]  ¹⁷ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

[11:6]  ¹⁸ sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

[11:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

[11:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

[11:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.

[11:6]  ²² tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yolÿdah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate.

[11:6]  ²³ sn Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus (ca. 246-227 B.C.), as the Seleucid king.