Daniel 2:10
Context2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, 1 for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.
Daniel 3:28
Context3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, 2 “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel 3 and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring 4 the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than 5 serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!
Daniel 6:7
Context6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays 6 to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.
Daniel 12:1
Context12:1 “At that time Michael,
the great prince who watches over your people, 7
will arise. 8
There will be a time of distress
unlike any other from the nation’s beginning 9
up to that time.
But at that time your own people,
all those whose names are 10 found written in the book,
will escape.
1 tn Aram “matter, thing.”
2 tn Aram “answered and said.”
3 sn The king identifies the “son of the gods” (v. 25) as an angel. Comparable Hebrew expressions are used elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible for the members of God’s angelic assembly (see Gen 6:2, 4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Pss 29:1; 89:6). An angel later comes to rescue Daniel from the lions (Dan 6:22).
4 tn Aram “they changed” or “violated.”
5 tn Aram “so that they might not.”
6 tn Aram “prays a prayer.”
7 tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”
8 tn Heb “will stand up.”
9 tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”
10 tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.