Daniel 3:19

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed ¹  toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders ²  to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ³  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ⁴  a dream filled with visions ⁵  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ⁶ 

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ⁷  filled with evil intentions, will trade ⁸  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

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¹ tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”

² tn Aram “he answered and said.”

³ sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

⁴ tn Aram “saw.”

⁵ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

⁶ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

⁷ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

⁸ tn Heb “speak.”