6:10 When Daniel realized 1 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows 2 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. 3 Three 4 times daily he was 5 kneeling 6 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
12:1 “At that time Michael,
the great prince who watches over your people, 10
will arise. 11
There will be a time of distress
unlike any other from the nation’s beginning 12
up to that time.
But at that time your own people,
all those whose names are 13 found written in the book,
will escape.
1 tn Aram “knew.”
2 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
3 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
5 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew
6 tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).
sn No specific posture for offering prayers is prescribed in the OT. Kneeling, as here, and standing were both practiced.
7 tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”
8 tn Or “by gaining insight.”
9 tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.
10 tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”
11 tn Heb “will stand up.”
12 tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”
13 tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.