Discovery BoxDaniel 2:11 
Context2:11 What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods – but they don’t live among mortals!” 1
Daniel 2:47
Context2:47 The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”
Daniel 3:14
Context3:14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my gods and that you don’t pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?
Daniel 3:18
Context3:18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don’t serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”
Daniel 4:8-9
Context4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, 2 and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well, 4:9 saying, “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider 3 my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!
Daniel 9:23
Context9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. 4 Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: 5
Daniel 11:8
Context11:8 He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from 6 the king of the north.
Daniel 11:37
Context11:37 He will not respect 7 the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. 8 He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.
1 tn Aram “whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
2 sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.
3 tc The present translation assumes the reading חֲזִי (khazi, “consider”) rather than the MT חֶזְוֵי (khezvey, “visions”). The MT implies that the king required Daniel to disclose both the dream and its interpretation, as in chapter 2. But in the following verses Nebuchadnezzar recounts his dream, while Daniel presents only its interpretation.
4 tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”
5 tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).
6 tn The Hebrew preposition מִן (min) is used here with the verb עָמַד (’amad, “to stand”). It probably has a sense of separation (“stand away from”), although it may also be understood in an adversative sense (“stand against”).
7 tn Heb “consider.”
8 tn Heb “[the one] desired by women.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
