Daniel 5:8

5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its ¹  interpretation to the king.

Daniel 6:11

6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king ²  came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

Daniel 8:6

8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. ³ 

Daniel 8:9

8:9 From one of them came a small horn. ⁴  But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. ⁵ 

Daniel 10:3

10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, ⁶  nor did I anoint myself with oil ⁷  until the end of those three weeks.

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¹ tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.

² tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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”).

⁶ tn Heb “mouth.”

⁷ sn Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.