Daniel 2:23-24

2:23 O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you,

for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me.

Now you have enabled me to understand what I ¹  requested from you.

For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.” ² 

2:24 Then Daniel went in to see ³  Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came ⁴  and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me ⁵  to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!” ⁶ 

[2:23]  ¹ tn Aram “we.” Various explanations have been offered for the plural, but it is probably best understood as the editorial plural; so also with “me” later in this verse.

[2:23]  ² tn Aram “the word of the king.”

[2:24]  ³ tc The MT has עַל עַל (’al ’al, “he entered upon”). Several medieval Hebrew MSS lack the verb, although this may be due to haplography.

[2:24]  ⁴ tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

[2:24]  ⁵ tn Aram “cause me to enter.” So also in v. 25.

[2:24]  ⁶ tn Aram “the king.”