Daniel 2:31

2:31 “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one ¹  of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

Daniel 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ² 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 6:2

6:2 Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable ³  to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.

Daniel 8:1

Daniel Has a Vision of a Goat and a Ram

8:1 ⁴ In the third year ⁵  of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. ⁶ 

Daniel 8:9

8:9 From one of them came a small horn. ⁷  But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. ⁸ 

Daniel 8:15

An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

8:15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

Daniel 10:21

10:21 However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. ⁹  (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, ¹⁰  except Michael your ¹¹  prince.

Daniel 11:5

11:5 “Then the king of the south ¹²  and one of his subordinates ¹³  will grow strong. His subordinate ¹⁴  will resist ¹⁵  him and will rule a kingdom greater than his. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 11:29

11:29 At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

Daniel 11:45

11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas ¹⁷  toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

Daniel 12:6

12:6 One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”

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¹ tn Aram “an image.”

² tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

³ tn Aram “giving an account.”

⁴ sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.

⁵ sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 69 years old at the time of this vision.

⁶ tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.

⁷ 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 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”).

⁹ tn Heb “a book of truth.” Several English versions treat this as a title of some sort (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although the NAB’s rendering “the truthful book” regards “truth” as an attributive adjective, as does the present translation.

¹⁰ tn The word “princes” is supplied for clarity.

¹¹ tn The pronoun is plural in Hebrew, suggesting that Michael is the angelic prince of Daniel and his people.

¹² sn The king of the south is Ptolemy I Soter (ca. 323-285 B.C.). The following reference to one of his subordinates apparently has in view Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 311-280 B.C.). Throughout the remainder of chap. 11 the expressions “king of the south” and “king of the north” repeatedly occur. It is clear, however, that these terms are being used generically to describe the Ptolemaic king (i.e., “of the south”) or the Seleucid king (i.e., “of the north”) who happens to be in power at any particular time. The specific identity of these kings can be established more or less successfully by a comparison of this chapter with the available extra-biblical records that discuss the history of the intertestamental period. In the following notes the generally accepted identifications are briefly mentioned.

¹³ tn Heb “princes.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the subordinate prince mentioned in the previous clause) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “be strong against.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “greater than his kingdom.”

¹⁷ sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.