Daniel 1:18

1:18 When the time appointed by the king arrived, ¹  the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.

Daniel 2:14

2:14 Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel ²  to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:29

2:29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. ³  The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

Daniel 8:26

8:26 The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct. ⁴  But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now.”

Daniel 9:1

Daniel Prays for His People

9:1 In the first year of Darius ⁵  son of Ahasuerus, ⁶  who was of Median descent and who had been ⁷  appointed king over the Babylonian ⁸  empire –

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ⁹  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ¹⁰  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ¹¹ 

Daniel 11:12

11:12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. ¹²  He will be responsible for the death ¹³  of thousands and thousands of people, ¹⁴  but he will not continue to prevail.

[1:18]  ¹ tn Heb “at the end of the days which the king said to bring them.”

[2:14]  ² tn Aram “returned prudence and counsel.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[2:29]  ³ tn Aram “your thoughts upon your bed went up to what will be after this.”

[8:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “truth.”

[9:1]  ⁵ sn The identity of this Darius is a major problem in correlating the biblical material with the extra-biblical records of this period. Most modern scholars treat the reference as a mistaken allusion to Darius Hystaspes (ca. 522-486 B.C.). Others have maintained instead that this name is a reference to the Persian governor Gubaru. Still others understand the reference to be to the Persian king Cyrus (cf. 6:28, where the vav (ו) may be understood as vav explicativum, meaning “even”). Under either of these latter two interpretations, the first year of Darius would have been ca. 538 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately eighty-two years old at this time.

[9:1]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “Xerxes.” This is the reading used by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV). Most other English versions retain the Hebrew name “Ahasuerus.”

[9:1]  ⁷ tc The present translation follows the MT in reading a Hophal (i.e., passive). Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate all presuppose the Hiphil (i.e., active). Even though this is the only occurrence of the Hophal of this verb in the Bible, there is no need to emend the vocalization to the Hiphil.

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans.”

[9:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[11:12]  ¹² tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “cause to fall.”

[11:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “of myriads.”