Daniel 9:26

9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,

an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. ¹ 

As for the city and the sanctuary,

the people of the coming prince will destroy ²  them.

But his end will come speedily ³  like a flood. ⁴ 

Until the end of the war that has been decreed

there will be destruction.

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ⁵  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ⁶  of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, ⁷  nor will he continue ⁸  in his strength. ⁹  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ¹⁰  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ¹¹ 

[9:26]  ¹ sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.

[9:26]  ² tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”

[9:26]  ³ tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[9:26]  ⁴ sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.

[11:6]  ⁵ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

[11:6]  ⁶ sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

[11:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

[11:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

[11:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.

[11:6]  ¹⁰ tc The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the MT יֹלְדָהּ (yolÿdah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the Syriac, and the Vulgate.

[11:6]  ¹¹ sn Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus (ca. 246-227 B.C.), as the Seleucid king.