Daniel 1:9

1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. ¹ 

Daniel 6:9

6:9 So King Darius issued the written interdict.

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ² 

Daniel 11:20

11:20 There will arise after him ³  one ⁴  who will send out an exactor ⁵  of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, ⁶  though not in anger or battle.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and compassion” is a hendiadys; the two words combine to express one idea.

[9:19]  ² tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

[11:20]  ³ tn Heb “on his place.”

[11:20]  ⁴ sn The one who will send out an exactor of tribute was Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 187-176 B.C.).

[11:20]  ⁵ sn Perhaps this exactor of tribute was Heliodorus (cf. 2 Maccabees 3).

[11:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”