Daniel 1:21
1:21 Now Daniel lived on until the first 1 year of Cyrus the king.
Daniel 2:36
2:36 This was the dream. Now we 2 will set forth before the king its interpretation.
Daniel 3:8
3:8 Now 3 at that time certain 4 Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against 5 the Jews.
1 sn The Persian king Cyrus’ first year in control of Babylon was 539 B.C. Daniel actually lived beyond the first year of Cyrus, as is clear from 10:1. The purpose of the statement in 1:21 is merely to say that Daniel’s life spanned the entire period of the neo-Babylonian empire. His life span also included the early years of the Persian control of Babylon. However, by that time his age was quite advanced; he probably died sometime in the 530’s B.C.
2 tn Various suggestions have been made concerning the plural “we.” It is probably the editorial plural and could be translated here as “I.”
3 tc This expression is absent in Theodotion.
4 tn Aram “men.”
5 tn Aram “ate the pieces of.” This is a rather vivid idiom for slander.