Daniel 1:7

1:7 But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave ¹  Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego. ² 

Daniel 5:22

5:22 “But you, his son ³  Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, ⁴  although you knew all this.

Daniel 6:11

6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king ⁵  came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

Daniel 8:14

8:14 He said to me, “To 2,300 evenings and mornings; ⁶  then the sanctuary will be put right again.” ⁷ 

Daniel 11:31

11:31 His forces ⁸  will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, ⁹  stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up ¹⁰  the abomination that causes desolation.

[1:7]  ¹ tc The LXX and Vulgate lack the verb here.

[1:7]  ² sn The meanings of the Babylonian names are more conjectural than is the case with the Hebrew names. The probable etymologies are as follows: Belteshazzar means “protect his life,” although the MT vocalization may suggest “Belti, protect the king” (cf. Dan 4:8); Shadrach perhaps means “command of Aku”; Meshach is of uncertain meaning; Abednego means “servant of Nego.” Assigning Babylonian names to the Hebrew youths may have been an attempt to erase from their memory their Israelite heritage.

[5:22]  ³ tn Or “descendant”; or “successor.”

[5:22]  ⁴ tn Aram “your heart.”

[6:11]  ⁵ 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.

[8:14]  ⁶ sn The language of evenings and mornings is reminiscent of the creation account in Genesis 1. Since “evening and morning” is the equivalent of a day, the reference here would be to 2,300 days. However, some interpreters understand the reference to be to the evening sacrifice and the morning sacrifice, in which case the reference would be to only 1,150 days. Either way, the event that marked the commencement of this period is unclear. The event that marked the conclusion of the period is the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem following the atrocious and sacrilegious acts that Antiochus implemented. This took place on December 25, 165 B.C. The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah each year commemorates this victory.

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “will be vindicated” or “will be justified.” This is the only occurrence of this verb in the Niphal in the OT. English versions interpret it as “cleansed” (KJV, ASV), “restored” (NASB, TEV, NLT), or “reconsecrated” (NIV).

[11:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “arms.”

[11:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “the sanctuary, the fortress.”

[11:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “will give.”