Daniel 11:28

11:28 Then the king of the north ¹  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 11:18

11:18 Then he will turn his attention ²  to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander ³  will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, ⁴  he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. ⁵ 

Daniel 11:30

11:30 The ships of Kittim ⁶  will come against him, leaving him disheartened. ⁷  He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor ⁸  those who forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 11:9

11:9 Then the king of the north ⁹  will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land.

Daniel 11:19

11:19 He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

Daniel 11:29

11:29 At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ¹⁰  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ¹¹  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ¹² 

there will be a period of seven weeks ¹³  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ¹⁴  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 10:20

10:20 He said, “Do you know why I have come to you? ¹⁵  Now I am about to return to engage in battle with the prince of Persia. When I go, the prince of Greece is coming.

Daniel 11:10

11:10 His sons ¹⁶  will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s ¹⁷  fortress. ¹⁸ 

Daniel 11:13

11:13 For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.

Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ¹⁹  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ²⁰  from your reliable moral standards. ²¹ 

Daniel 9:16

9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ²²  please turn your raging anger ²³  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

[11:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:18]  ² tn Heb “his face.” See v. 19 as well.

[11:18]  ³ sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.

[11:18]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (biltiy, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”

[11:30]  ³ sn The name Kittim has various designations in extra-biblical literature. It can refer to a location on the island of Cyprus, or more generally to the island itself, or it can be an inclusive term to refer to parts of the Mediterranean world that lay west of the Middle East (e.g., Rome). For ships of Kittim the Greek OT (LXX) has “Romans,” an interpretation followed by a few English versions (e.g., TEV). A number of times in the Dead Sea Scrolls the word is used in reference to the Romans. Other English versions are more generic: “[ships] of the western coastlands” (NIV, NLT); “from the west” (NCV, CEV).

[11:30]  ⁴ sn This is apparently a reference to the Roman forces, led by Gaius Popilius Laenas, which confronted Antiochus when he came to Egypt and demanded that he withdraw or face the wrath of Rome. Antiochus wisely withdrew from Egypt, albeit in a state of bitter frustration.

[11:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “show regard for.”

[11:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:25]  ⁵ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ⁷ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[10:20]  ⁶ sn The question is rhetorical, intended to encourage reflection on Daniel’s part.

[11:10]  ⁷ sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223 B.C.) and Antiochus III the Great (ca. 223-187 B.C.).

[11:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.

[9:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

[9:13]  ⁹ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

[9:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

[9:16]  ⁹ tn Or “righteousness.”

[9:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your anger and your rage.” The synonyms are joined here to emphasize the degree of God’s anger. This is best expressed in English by making one of the terms adjectival (cf. NLT “your furious anger”; CEV “terribly angry”).