Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ¹  by my own mighty strength ²  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 8:22

8:22 The horn that was broken ³  and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.

Daniel 8:24

8:24 His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. ⁴  He will be successful in what he undertakes. ⁵  He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones. ⁶ 

Daniel 11:15

11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ⁷  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ⁸  They will have no strength to prevail.

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¹ tn Aram “house.”

² tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

³ tn Heb “the broken one.” The word “horn” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent.

⁴ tn Heb “extraordinarily he will destroy.”

⁵ tn Heb “he will succeed and act.”

⁶ tn See the corresponding Aramaic expression in 7:27. If the “holy ones” are angels, then this probably refers to the angels as protectors of God’s people. One could translate, “people belonging to (i.e., protected by) the holy ones.” If the “holy ones” are God’s people, then this is an appositional construction, “the people who are the holy ones.” One could translate simply “holy people.” For examples of a plural appositional genitive after “people,” see 11:15, 32. Because either interpretation is possible, the translation has deliberately preserved the ambiguity of the Hebrew grammar here.

⁷ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

⁸ tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).