Discovery BoxDaniel 2:14 
Context2:14 Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel 1 to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 3:2
Context3:2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, 2 and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he 3 had erected.
Daniel 4:14
Context4:14 He called out loudly 4 as follows: 5
‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!
Strip off its foliage
and scatter its fruit!
Let the animals flee from under it
and the birds from its branches!
Daniel 6:20
Context6:20 As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, 6 “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.
Daniel 8:27
Context8:27 I, Daniel, was exhausted 7 and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.
Daniel 9:11-12
Context9:11 “All Israel has broken 8 your law and turned away by not obeying you. 9 Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened 10 in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. 11 9:12 He has carried out his threats 12 against us and our rulers 13 who were over 14 us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
Daniel 9:15
Context9:15 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power 15 and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly.
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. 16 Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: 17
Daniel 11:11
Context11:11 “Then the king of the south 18 will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.
Daniel 11:20
Context11:20 There will arise after him 19 one 20 who will send out an exactor 21 of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, 22 though not in anger or battle.
Daniel 11:39
Context11:39 He will attack 23 mighty fortresses, aided by 24 a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. 25
1 tn Aram “returned prudence and counsel.” The expression is a hendiadys.
2 sn The specific duties of the seven types of officials listed here (cf. vv. 3, 27) are unclear. The Aramaic words that are used are transliterations of Akkadian or Persian technical terms whose exact meanings are uncertain. The translations given here follow suggestions set forth in BDB.
3 tn Aram “Nebuchadnezzar the king.” The proper name and title have been replaced by the relative pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Aram “in strength.”
5 tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”
6 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.
7 tn The Hebrew word here is נִהְיֵיתִי (nihyetiy). Its meaning is not entirely clear. Hebrew הָיָה (hayah) normally has meanings such as “to be” or “become.” Here, however, it describes Daniel’s emotional and physical response to the enigmatic vision that he has seen. It is parallel to the following verb, which refers to illness, and seems to refer to a state of utter exhaustion due to the amazing things that Daniel has just seen. The LXX lacks the word. On the meaning of the word see further, BDB 227-28 s.v. הָיָה Niph.2; DCH 2:540 s.v. היה I Ni.3.
8 tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.
9 tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”
10 tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.
11 tn Heb “him.”
12 tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”
13 tn Heb “our judges.”
14 tn Heb “who judged.”
15 tn Heb “with a powerful hand.”
16 tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”
17 tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).
18 sn This king of the south refers to Ptolemy IV Philopator (ca. 221-204
19 tn Heb “on his place.”
20 sn The one who will send out an exactor of tribute was Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 187-176
21 sn Perhaps this exactor of tribute was Heliodorus (cf. 2 Maccabees 3).
22 tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”
23 tn Heb “act against.”
24 tn Heb “with.”
25 tn Or perhaps “for a reward.”
