Daniel 6:28

6:28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and ¹  the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Daniel 7:18

7:18 The holy ones ²  of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will take possession of the kingdom forever and ever.’

Daniel 5:28

5:28 As for peres ³  – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 7:27

7:27 Then the kingdom, authority,

and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven

will be delivered to the people of the holy ones ⁴  of the Most High.

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;

all authorities will serve him and obey him.’

Daniel 2:39

2:39 Now after you another kingdom ⁵  will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth.

Daniel 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ⁶ 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 6:1

Daniel is Thrown into a Lions’ Den

6:1 It seemed like a good idea to Darius ⁷  to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps ⁸  who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.

Daniel 7:23

7:23 “This is what he told me: ⁹ 

‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth

that will differ from all the other kingdoms.

It will devour all the earth

and will trample and crush it.

Daniel 5:26

5:26 This is the interpretation of the words: ¹⁰  As for mene ¹¹  – God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.

Daniel 2:44

2:44 In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

Daniel 4:29

4:29 After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements ¹²  of the royal palace of Babylon.

Daniel 5:18

5:18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty. ¹³ 

Daniel 5:31

5:31 (6:1) ¹⁴  So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

Daniel 4:36

4:36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored ¹⁵  to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated ¹⁶  over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.

Daniel 7:14

7:14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty.

All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving ¹⁷  him.

His authority is eternal and will not pass away. ¹⁸ 

His kingdom will not be destroyed. ¹⁹ 

[6:28]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “in the reign of Darius, even in the reign of Cyrus.” The identity of this Darius is disputed. Some take the name to be referring to Cyrus, understanding the following vav (ו, “and”) in an epexegetical sense (“even”). Others identify Darius with a governor of Babylon known from extra-biblical records as Gubaru, or with Cambyses, son of Cyrus. Many scholars maintain that the reference is historically inaccurate.

[7:18]  ² sn The expression holy ones is either a reference to angels or to human beings devoted to God.

[5:28]  ³ sn Peres (פְּרֵס) is the singular form of פַרְסִין (pharsin) in v. 25.

[7:27]  ⁴ tn If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” See 8:24 for the corresponding Hebrew phrase and the note there.

[2:39]  ⁵ sn The identity of the first kingdom is clearly Babylon. The identification of the following three kingdoms is disputed. The common view is that they represent Media, Persia, and Greece. Most conservative scholars identify them as Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome.

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Aram “It was pleasing before Darius.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn This is a technical term for an official placed in charge of a region of the empire (cf. KJV, NLT “prince[s]”; NCV, TEV “governors”). These satraps were answerable to a supervisor, who in turn answered to Darius.

[7:23]  ⁸ tn Aram “thus he said.”

[5:26]  ⁹ tn Or “word” or “event.” See HALOT 1915 s.v. מִלָּה.

[5:26]  ¹⁰ tn The Aramaic term מְנֵא (mÿne’) is a noun referring to a measure of weight. The linkage here to the verb “to number” (Aram. מְנָה, mÿnah) is a case of paronomasia rather than strict etymology. So also with תְּקֵל (tÿqel) and פַרְסִין (farsin). In the latter case there is an obvious wordplay with the name “Persian.”

[4:29]  ¹⁰ tn The word “battlements” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context. Many English versions supply “roof” here (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “on the flat roof.”

[5:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “royal greatness and majestic honor,” if the four terms are understood as a double hendiadys.

[5:31]  ¹² sn Beginning with 5:31, the verse numbers through 6:28 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 5:31 ET = 6:1 AT, 6:1 ET = 6:2 AT, 6:2 ET = 6:3 AT, 6:3 ET = 6:4 AT, etc., through 6:28 ET = 6:29 AT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Aramaic text are again the same.

[4:36]  ¹³ tc The translation reads הַדְרֵת (hadret, “I returned”) rather than the MT הַדְרִי (hadri, “my honor”); cf. Theodotion.

[4:36]  ¹⁴ tc The translation reads הָתְקְנֵת (hotqÿnet, “I was established”) rather than the MT הָתְקְנַת (hotqÿnat, “it was established”). As it stands, the MT makes no sense here.

[7:14]  ¹⁴ tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.”

[7:14]  ¹⁵ tn Aram “is an eternal authority which will not pass away.”

[7:14]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “is one which will not be destroyed.”