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 4:3

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ² 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Daniel 6:18

6:18 Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions ³  were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. ⁴ 

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

[4:3]  ² tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”

[6:18]  ³ tn The meaning of Aramaic דַּחֲוָה (dakhavah) is a crux interpretum. Suggestions include “music,” “dancing girls,” “concubines,” “table,” “food” – all of which are uncertain. The translation employed here, suggested by earlier scholars, is deliberately vague. A number of recent English versions follow a similar approach with “entertainment” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On this word see further, HALOT 1849-50 s.v.; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 37.

[6:18]  ⁴ tn Aram “his sleep fled from him.”