Daniel 11:23

11:23 After ¹  entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force. ² 

Daniel 11:28

11:28 Then the king of the north ³  will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

Daniel 6:3

6:3 Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

Daniel 2:41

2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes ⁴  partly of wet clay ⁵  and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. ⁶ 

Daniel 10:1

An Angel Appears to Daniel

10:1 ⁷ In the third ⁸  year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. ⁹  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

[11:23]  ¹ tn The preposition מִן (min) is probably temporal here (so BDB 583 s.v. 7.c; cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV), although it could also be understood here as indicating means (so J. Goldingay, Daniel [WBC], 279, n. 23a; cf. TEV, NLT).

[11:23]  ² tn Heb “nation.”

[11:28]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:41]  ⁵ tc The LXX lacks “and toes.”

[2:41]  ⁶ tn Aram “potter’s clay.”

[2:41]  ⁷ tn Aram “clay of clay” (also in v. 43).

[10:1]  ⁷ sn This chapter begins the final unit in the book of Daniel, consisting of chapters 10-12. The traditional chapter divisions to some extent obscure the relationship of these chapters.

[10:1]  ⁸ tc The LXX has “first.”

[10:1]  ⁹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צָבָא (tsava’) is uncertain in this context. The word most often refers to an army or warfare. It may also mean “hard service,” and many commentators take that to be the sense here (i.e., “the service was great”). The present translation assumes the reference to be to the spiritual conflicts described, for example, in 10:16–11:1.