Daniel 1:1
Konteks1:1 In the third 1 year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar 2 of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem 3 and laid it under siege. 4
Daniel 11:15
Konteks11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. 5 The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. 6 They will have no strength to prevail.
[1:1] 1 sn The third year of the reign of Jehoiakim would be ca. 605
[1:1] 2 sn King Nebuchadnezzar ruled Babylon from ca. 605-562
[1:1] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[1:1] 4 sn This attack culminated in the first of three major deportations of Jews to Babylon. The second one occurred in 597
[11:15] 5 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
[11:15] 6 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).