Daniel 6:13

6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives ¹  from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” ² 

Daniel 9:27

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ³ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ⁴  of abominations will come ⁵  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

Daniel 11:10

11:10 His sons ⁶  will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s ⁷  fortress. ⁸ 

Daniel 11:20

11:20 There will arise after him ⁹  one ¹⁰  who will send out an exactor ¹¹  of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, ¹²  though not in anger or battle.

Daniel 11:30

11:30 The ships of Kittim ¹³  will come against him, leaving him disheartened. ¹⁴  He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor ¹⁵  those who forsake the holy covenant.

[6:13]  ¹ tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”

[6:13]  ² tn Aram “prays his prayer.”

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

[9:27]  ⁴ tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

[9:27]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[11:10]  ⁶ sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223 B.C.) and Antiochus III the Great (ca. 223-187 B.C.).

[11:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.

[11:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “on his place.”

[11:20]  ¹⁰ sn The one who will send out an exactor of tribute was Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 187-176 B.C.).

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

[11:20]  ¹² tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”

[11:30]  ¹³ sn The name Kittim has various designations in extra-biblical literature. It can refer to a location on the island of Cyprus, or more generally to the island itself, or it can be an inclusive term to refer to parts of the Mediterranean world that lay west of the Middle East (e.g., Rome). For ships of Kittim the Greek OT (LXX) has “Romans,” an interpretation followed by a few English versions (e.g., TEV). A number of times in the Dead Sea Scrolls the word is used in reference to the Romans. Other English versions are more generic: “[ships] of the western coastlands” (NIV, NLT); “from the west” (NCV, CEV).

[11:30]  ¹⁴ sn This is apparently a reference to the Roman forces, led by Gaius Popilius Laenas, which confronted Antiochus when he came to Egypt and demanded that he withdraw or face the wrath of Rome. Antiochus wisely withdrew from Egypt, albeit in a state of bitter frustration.

[11:30]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “show regard for.”