Discovery BoxDaniel 1:3 
Context1:3 The king commanded 1 Ashpenaz, 2 who was in charge of his court officials, 3 to choose 4 some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent 5 –
Daniel 1:13
Context1:13 Then compare our appearance 6 with that of 7 the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; 8 deal with us 9 in light of what you see.”
Daniel 1:15
Context1:15 At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier 10 than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.
Daniel 5:20
Context5:20 And when his mind 11 became arrogant 12 and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.
Daniel 11:45
Context11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas 13 toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.
1 tn Or “gave orders to.” Heb “said to.”
2 sn It is possible that the word Ashpenaz is not a proper name at all, but a general term for “innkeeper.” See J. J. Collins, Daniel (Hermeneia), 127, n. 9. However, the ancient versions understand the term to be a name, and the present translation (along with most English versions) understands the word in this way.
3 sn The word court official (Hebrew saris) need not mean “eunuch” in a technical sense (see Gen 37:36, where the term refers to Potiphar, who had a wife), although in the case of the book of Daniel there was in Jewish literature a common tradition to that effect. On the OT usage of this word see HALOT 769-70 s.v. סָרֹיס.
4 tn Heb “bring.”
5 tn Heb “and from the seed of royalty and from the nobles.”
6 tn Heb “let our appearance be seen before you.”
7 tn Heb “the appearance of.”
8 tn Heb “delicacies of the king.” So also in v. 15.
9 tn Heb “your servants.”
10 tn Heb “fat of flesh”; KJV, ASV “fatter in flesh”; NASB, NRSV “fatter” (although this is no longer a sign of health in Western culture).
11 tn Aram “heart.”
12 sn The point of describing Nebuchadnezzar as arrogant is that he had usurped divine prerogatives, and because of his immense arrogance God had dealt decisively with him.
13 sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.
