Daniel 5:7

5:7 The king called out loudly ¹  to summon ²  the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed ³  to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple ⁴  and have a golden collar ⁵  placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ⁶  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

Daniel 11:6

11:6 After some years have passed, they ⁷  will form an alliance. Then the daughter ⁸  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, ⁹  nor will he continue ¹⁰  in his strength. ¹¹  She, together with the one who brought her, her child, ¹²  and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. ¹³ 

[5:7]  ¹ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ² tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ³ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ⁴ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).

[6:7]  ⁶ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”

[11:6]  ⁷ sn Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus (ca. 285-246 B.C.) and Antiochus II Theos (ca. 262-246 B.C.).

[11:6]  ⁸ sn The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.

[11:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “the strength of the arm.”

[11:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.

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

[11:6]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ 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.