² sn The idiom of eating the pieces of someone means “slander” in Aramaic (see Dan 3:8), Arabic and Akkadian.

⁴ sn Bowed their faces to the ground. Such respect for angels is common: Dan%207:28;10:9,15&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=21962,22025,22031 context="" ver="">Dan 7:28; 10:9, 15.

² sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

¹ sn The comparison of the tribe of Dan to a venomous serpent is meant to say that Dan, though small, would be potent, gaining victory through its skill and shrewdness. Jewish commentators have linked the image in part with Samson. That link at least illustrates the point: Though a minority tribe, Dan would gain the upper hand over others.

² sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

¹ tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”

³ sn This statement is rhetorical, emphasizing the totality of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion. Neither here nor in Dan 2:38 is it to be understood literally.

² sn Another vision which includes wheels on thrones occurs in Dan 7:9. Ezek 10 contains a vision similar to this one.

³ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” This is calculated from sunrise (Josephus, Ant. 14.4.3 [14.65]; Dan 9:21).

² sn The archangel Michael had a special role in protecting the nation of Israel in the OT (Dan%2010:13,21;12:1&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=22029,22037,22083 context="" ver="">Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; see also Jude 9).

⁴ sn The use of the name Dan reflects a later perspective. The Danites did not migrate to this northern territory until centuries later (see Judg 18:29). Furthermore Dan was not even born until much later. By inserting this name a scribe has clarified the location of the region.

² tc The MT reads “and the people went before the one to Dan.” It is likely that some words have been accidentally omitted and that the text originally said, “and the people went before the one at Bethel and before the one at Dan.”

¹ sn The only angels whose names are given in the OT are Gabriel (Dan%208:16;9:21&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=21978,22010 context="" ver="">Dan 8:16; 9:21; cf. Luke 1:19, 26) and Michael (Dan%2010:13,21;12:1&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=22029,22037,22083 context="" ver="">Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; cf. Jude 9; Rev 12:7). The name Gabriel means in Hebrew “man of God,” and Michael means “who is like God?”

¹ tn The verb זָעַף (za’af) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably in this case because of depression.

¹ sn I wait for your deliverance, O Lord. As Jacob sees the conflicts that lie ahead for Dan and Gad (see v. 19), he offers a brief prayer for their security.

¹ sn He will leap forth from Bashan. This may refer to Dan’s conquest of Laish, a region just to the west of Bashan (Judg 18:27-28).

¹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

² tn Heb “Except the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, Jehu did not turn aside from after them – the golden calves which [were in] Bethel and which [were] in Dan.”

² sn Laws…that cannot be repealed. On the permanence of the laws of Media and Persia see also Esth 8:8 and Dan%206:8,12,15&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=21914,21918,21921 context="" ver="">Dan 6:8, 12, 15.

³ tn This rare Hebrew noun apparently refers to the king’s bride, who will soon be queen (see Neh 2:6). The Aramaic cognate is used of royal wives in Dan%205:2-3,23&tab=text class=verse_trigger id=21877-21878,21898 context="" ver="">Dan 5:2-3, 23.