Daniel 4:22

4:22 it is you, ¹  O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

Daniel 8:8

8:8 The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns ²  in its place, ³  extending toward the four winds of the sky. ⁴ 

Daniel 11:12

11:12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. ⁵  He will be responsible for the death ⁶  of thousands and thousands of people, ⁷  but he will not continue to prevail.

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¹ sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.

² tn The word “horns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

³ sn The four conspicuous horns refer to Alexander’s successors. After his death, Alexander’s empire was divided up among four of his generals: Cassander, who took Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachus, who took Thrace and parts of Asia Minor; Seleucus, who took Syria and territory to its east; and Ptolemy, who took control of Egypt.

⁴ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁵ tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “cause to fall.”

⁷ tn Heb “of myriads.”