Discovery BoxDaniel 4:8 
Context4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, 1 and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,
Daniel 7:6
Context7:6 “After these things, 2 as I was watching, another beast 3 like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. 4 This beast had four heads, 5 and ruling authority was given to it.
Daniel 7:24
Context7:24 The ten horns
mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.
Another king will arise after them,
but he will be different from the earlier ones.
He will humiliate 6 three kings.
Daniel 8:3
Context8:3 I looked up 7 and saw 8 a 9 ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, 10 but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.
1 sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.
2 tn Aram “this.” So also in v. 7.
3 tn Aram “and behold, another one.”
4 tn Or “sides.”
5 sn If the third animal is Greece, the most likely identification of these four heads is the four-fold division of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death. See note on Dan 8:8.
6 tn Or “subjugate”; KJV, NASB, NIV “subdue”; ASV, NRSV “put down.”
7 tn Heb “lifted my eyes.”
8 tn Heb “and behold.”
9 tn Heb “one.” The Hebrew numerical adjective occasionally functions like an English indefinite article. See GKC 401 §125.b.
10 tn Heb “high” (also “higher” later in this verse).
