Discovery BoxDaniel 5:8 
Context5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its 1 interpretation to the king.
Daniel 6:11
Context6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king 2 came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.
Daniel 8:6
Context8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. 3
Daniel 8:9
Context8:9 From one of them came a small horn. 4 But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. 5
Daniel 10:3
Context10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, 6 nor did I anoint myself with oil 7 until the end of those three weeks.
1 tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.
2 tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”
4 sn This small horn is Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who controlled the Seleucid kingdom from ca. 175-164
5 sn The expression the beautiful land (Heb. הַצֶּבִי [hatsÿvi] = “the beauty”) is a cryptic reference to the land of Israel. Cf. 11:16, 41, where it is preceded by the word אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”).
6 tn Heb “mouth.”
7 sn Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.
