Daniel 8:9

8:9 From one of them came a small horn. ¹  But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. ² 

Daniel 11:41

11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. ³  Many ⁴  will fall, but these will escape: ⁵  Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

Daniel 11:45

11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas ⁶  toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

[8:9]  ¹ sn This small horn is Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who controlled the Seleucid kingdom from ca. 175-164 B.C. Antiochus was extremely hostile toward the Jews and persecuted them mercilessly.

[8:9]  ² sn The expression the beautiful land (Heb. הַצֶּבִי [hatsÿvi] = “the beauty”) is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel. Cf. 11:16, 41, where it is preceded by the word אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”).

[11:41]  ³ sn The beautiful land is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel.

[11:41]  ⁴ tn This can be understood as “many people” (cf. NRSV) or “many countries” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[11:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “be delivered from his hand.”

[11:45]  ⁵ sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.