Discovery BoxDaniel 2:25 
Context2:25 So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king’s presence, saying to him, “I 1 have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king.”
Daniel 3:10
Context3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.
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 4:22
Context4:22 it is you, 2 O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 4:30
Context4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence 3 by my own mighty strength 4 and for my majestic honor?”
Daniel 4:35
Context4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. 5
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps 6 his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
Daniel 8:22
Context8:22 The horn that was broken 7 and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.
Daniel 9:6
Context9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority 8 to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, 9 and to all the inhabitants 10 of the land as well.
Daniel 9:14-15
Context9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just 11 in all he has done, 12 and we have not obeyed him. 13
9:15 “Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power 14 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. 15 Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: 16
Daniel 10:20
Context10:20 He said, “Do you know why I have come to you? 17 Now I am about to return to engage in battle with the prince of Persia. When I go, the prince of Greece is coming.
Daniel 11:15
Context11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. 18 The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. 19 They will have no strength to prevail.
Daniel 12:13
Context12:13 But you should go your way 20 until the end. 21 You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive 22 what you have been allotted.” 23
1 sn Arioch’s claim is self-serving and exaggerated. It is Daniel who came to him, and not the other way around. By claiming to have found one capable of solving the king’s dilemma, Arioch probably hoped to ingratiate himself to the king.
2 sn Much of modern scholarship views this chapter as a distortion of traditions that were originally associated with Nabonidus rather than with Nebuchadnezzar. A Qumran text, the Prayer of Nabonidus, is often cited for parallels to these events.
3 tn Aram “house.”
4 tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”
5 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Aram “strikes against.”
7 tn Heb “the broken one.” The word “horn” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent.
8 tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”
9 tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.
10 tn Heb “people.”
11 tn Or “righteous.”
12 tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”
13 tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”
14 tn Heb “with a powerful hand.”
15 tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”
16 tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).
17 sn The question is rhetorical, intended to encourage reflection on Daniel’s part.
18 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
19 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
20 tn The words “your way” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
21 tc The LXX lacks “until the end.”
22 tn The word “receive” is added in the translation for clarification.
23 sn The deuterocanonical writings known as the Story of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon appear respectively as chapters 13 and 14 of the book of Daniel in the Greek version of this book. Although these writings are not part of the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, they were popular among certain early communities who valued traditions about the life of Daniel.
