Daniel 4:8

4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, ¹  and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Daniel 7:1

Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1 In the first ²  year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had ³  a dream filled with visions ⁴  while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. ⁵ 

[4:8]  ¹ sn This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.

[7:1]  ² sn The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.

[7:1]  ³ tn Aram “saw.”

[7:1]  ⁴ tn Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”