Daniel 2:13

2:13 So a decree went out, and the wise men were about 1  to be executed. They also sought 2  Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

Daniel 2:26

2:26 The king then asked Daniel (whose name was also Belteshazzar), “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, as well as its interpretation?”

Daniel 8:11

8:11 It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, 3  from whom 4  the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary 5  was thrown down.

1 tn The Aramaic participle is used here to express the imminent future.

2 tn The impersonal active plural (“they sought”) of the Aramaic verb could also be translated as an English passive: “Daniel and his friends were sought” (cf. NAB).

3 sn The prince of the army may refer to God (cf. “whose sanctuary” later in the verse) or to the angel Michael (cf. 12:1).

4 tn Or perhaps “and by him,” referring to Antiochus rather than to God.

5 sn Here the sanctuary is a reference to the temple of God in Jerusalem.