Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ¹  by my own mighty strength ²  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ³  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ⁴  a dream filled with visions ⁵  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ⁶ 

Daniel 9:20

Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain ⁷  –

Daniel 11:21

11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person ⁸  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 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ⁹  filled with evil intentions, will trade ¹⁰  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

[4:30]  ¹ tn Aram “house.”

[4:30]  ² tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

[7:1]  ³ sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

[7:1]  ⁴ tn Aram “saw.”

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

[7:1]  ⁶ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

[9:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “the holy mountain of my God.”

[11:21]  ⁷ sn This despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 175-164 B.C.).

[11:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “speak.”