Discovery BoxDaniel 1:9 
Context1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. 1
Daniel 1:21
Context1:21 Now Daniel lived on until the first 2 year of Cyrus the king.
Daniel 6:28
Context6:28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and 3 the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel 10:2
Context10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. 4
Daniel 12:5
Context12:5 I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. 5
Daniel 2:49
Context2:49 And at Daniel’s request, the king 6 appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king’s court. 7
Daniel 5:12
Context5:12 Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret 8 dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. 9 Now summon 10 Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”
Daniel 6:16
Context6:16 So the king gave the order, 11 and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den 12 of lions. The king consoled 13 Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”
Daniel 6:20
Context6:20 As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, 14 “Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?”
Daniel 6:23
Context6:23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.
1 tn Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and compassion” is a hendiadys; the two words combine to express one idea.
2 sn The Persian king Cyrus’ first year in control of Babylon was 539
3 tn Or perhaps “in the reign of Darius, even in the reign of Cyrus.” The identity of this Darius is disputed. Some take the name to be referring to Cyrus, understanding the following vav (ו, “and”) in an epexegetical sense (“even”). Others identify Darius with a governor of Babylon known from extra-biblical records as Gubaru, or with Cambyses, son of Cyrus. Many scholars maintain that the reference is historically inaccurate.
4 tn Heb “three weeks of days.” The inclusion of “days” here and in v. 3 is perhaps intended to call attention to the fact that these weeks are very different in nature from those of chap. 9, which are “weeks of years.”
5 tn Heb “one to this edge of the river and one to that edge of the river.”
6 tn Aram “and Daniel sought from the king and he appointed.”
7 tn Aram “was at the gate of the king.”
8 tc The translation reads מִפְשַׁר (mifshar) rather than the MT מְפַשַּׁר (mÿfashar) and later in the verse reads וּמִשְׁרֵא (mishre’) rather than the MT וּמְשָׁרֵא (mÿshare’). The Masoretes have understood these Aramaic forms to be participles, but they are more likely to be vocalized as infinitives. As such, they have an epexegetical function in the syntax of their clause.
9 tn Aram “to loose knots.”
10 tn Aram “let [Daniel] be summoned.”
11 tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.
12 sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.
13 tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”
14 tn Aram “The king answered and said to Daniel.” This phrase has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons; it is redundant in English.
