Discovery BoxDaniel 2:13 
Context2:13 So a decree went out, and the wise men were about 1 to be executed. They also sought 2 Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.
Daniel 2:26
Context2:26 The king then asked Daniel (whose name was also Belteshazzar), “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, as well as its interpretation?”
Daniel 8:11
Context8:11 It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, 3 from whom 4 the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary 5 was thrown down.
1 tn The Aramaic participle is used here to express the imminent future.
2 tn The impersonal active plural (“they sought”) of the Aramaic verb could also be translated as an English passive: “Daniel and his friends were sought” (cf. NAB).
3 sn The prince of the army may refer to God (cf. “whose sanctuary” later in the verse) or to the angel Michael (cf. 12:1).
4 tn Or perhaps “and by him,” referring to Antiochus rather than to God.
5 sn Here the sanctuary is a reference to the temple of God in Jerusalem.
