Daniel 1:5

1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ¹  from his royal delicacies ²  and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ³  for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ⁴ 

Daniel 2:10

2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, ⁵  for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

4:19 Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; ⁶  his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.” But Belteshazzar replied, “Sir, ⁷  if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!

Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ⁸  to summon ⁹  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ¹⁰  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ¹¹  and have a golden collar ¹²  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

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 ¹³  of the Most High.

His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;

all authorities will serve him and obey him.’

Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ¹⁴  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ¹⁵  that, according to the word of the LORD ¹⁶  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ¹⁷  were seventy in number.

Daniel 9:26

9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,

an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. ¹⁸ 

As for the city and the sanctuary,

the people of the coming prince will destroy ¹⁹  them.

But his end will come speedily ²⁰  like a flood. ²¹ 

Until the end of the war that has been decreed

there will be destruction.

Daniel 11:2

11:2 Now I will tell you the truth.

The Angel Gives a Message to Daniel

“Three ²²  more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth ²³  king will be unusually rich, ²⁴  more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against ²⁵  the kingdom of Greece.

Daniel 11:25

11:25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm ²⁶  against the king of the south ²⁷  with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

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¹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

² tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”

³ tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.

⁴ tn Heb “stand before the king.”

⁵ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

⁶ tn Aram “about one hour.” The expression refers idiomatically to a brief period of time of undetermined length.

⁷ tn Aram “my lord.”

⁸ tn Aram “in strength.”

⁹ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “answered and said.”

¹¹ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

¹² 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).

¹³ 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.

¹⁴ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

¹⁶ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

¹⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁸ sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.

¹⁹ tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”

²⁰ tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

²¹ sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.

²² sn Perhaps these three more kings are Cambyses (ca. 530-522 B.C.), Pseudo-Smerdis (ca. 522 B.C.), and Darius I Hystaspes (ca. 522-486 B.C.).

²³ sn This fourth king is Xerxes I (ca. 486-465 B.C.). The following reference to one of his chiefs apparently has in view Seleucus Nicator.

²⁴ tn Heb “rich with great riches.”

²⁵ tn The text is difficult. The Hebrew has here אֶת (’et), the marker of a definite direct object. As it stands, this would suggest the meaning that “he will arouse everyone, that is, the kingdom of Greece.” The context, however, seems to suggest the idea that this Persian king will arouse in hostility against Greece the constituent elements of his own empire. This requires supplying the word “against,” which is not actually present in the Hebrew text.

²⁶ tn Heb “heart.”

²⁷ sn This king of the south was Ptolemy Philometer (ca. 181-145 B.C.).