Daniel 2:19

2:19 Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised ¹  the God of heaven,

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ²  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ³  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ⁴  Three ⁵  times daily he was ⁶  kneeling ⁷  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

[2:19]  ¹ tn Or “blessed.”

[6:10]  ² tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ⁷ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).