Daniel 4:8

4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, ¹  and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Daniel 7:6

7:6 “After these things, ²  as I was watching, another beast ³  like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. ⁴  This beast had four heads, ⁵  and ruling authority was given to it.

Daniel 7:24

7:24 The ten horns

mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.

Another king will arise after them,

but he will be different from the earlier ones.

He will humiliate ⁶  three kings.

Daniel 8:3

8:3 I looked up ⁷  and saw ⁸  a ⁹  ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, ¹⁰  but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

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¹ sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.

² tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.

³ tn Aram “and behold, another one.”

⁴ tn Or “sides.”

⁵ sn If the third animal is Greece, the most likely identification of these four heads is the four-fold division of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death. See note on Dan 8:8.

⁶ tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”

⁷ tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”

⁸ tn Heb “and behold.”

⁹ tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.

¹⁰ tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).