Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ¹  to summon ²  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ³  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ⁴  and have a golden collar ⁵  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ⁶  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ⁷  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ⁸  Three ⁹  times daily he was ¹⁰  kneeling ¹¹  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Daniel 7:7

7:7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions ¹²  a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. ¹³  It had two large rows ¹⁴  of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

[5:7]  ¹ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ² tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ³ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ⁴ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).

[6:10]  ⁶ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ¹¹ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).

[7:7]  ¹¹ tn The Aramaic text has also “and behold.” So also in vv. 8, 13.

[7:7]  ¹² sn The fourth animal differs from the others in that it is nondescript. Apparently it was so fearsome that Daniel could find nothing with which to compare it. Attempts to identify this animal as an elephant or other known creature are conjectural.

[7:7]  ¹³ tn The Aramaic word for “teeth” is dual rather than plural, suggesting two rows of teeth.