Discovery BoxDaniel 1:20 
Context1:20 In every matter of wisdom and 1 insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times 2 better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.
Daniel 3:19
Context3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed 3 toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders 4 to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
Daniel 6:13
Context6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives 5 from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” 6
Daniel 11:14
Context11:14 “In those times many will oppose 7 the king of the south. 8 Those who are violent 9 among your own people will rise up in confirmation of 10 the vision, but they will falter.
1 tc The MT lacks the conjunction, reading the first word in the phrase as a construct (“wisdom of insight”). While this reading is not impossible, it seems better to follow Theodotion, the Syriac, the Vulgate, and the Sahidic Coptic, all of which have the conjunction.
2 tn Heb “hands.”
3 tn Aram “the appearance of his face was altered”; cf. NLT “his face became distorted with rage”; NAB “[his] face became livid with utter rage.”
4 tn Aram “he answered and said.”
5 tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”
6 tn Aram “prays his prayer.”
7 tn Heb “stand against.”
8 sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181
9 tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.
10 tn Heb “to cause to stand.”
