The Book of Daniel Section () (continued)Chapter Narrative; dreams and visions Interpretations
YWN) (Alexander, –
..). Four kingdoms.
Then persecuting king
(Antiochus Epiphanes,
–..).
Daniel’s vision (in year of Darius
‘‘son of Ahasuerus’’ (DRYWŠ BN
’ḤŠWRWŠ) (..? Or Darius II,
–..?); he understands
Jeremiah’s prediction of -year
desolation of Jerusalem. Daniel’s
prayer. Gabriel appears to Daniel,
predicts cessation of sacrifice and
offering, and imposition of
‘‘abomination of desolation’’
(ŠQWṢYM MŠMM /βδέλυγμα
τῶνἐρημώσεων, :).
Year of Cyrus king of Persia
(KWRŠ MLK PRS) (..?).
Daniel’s vision of angel (not named),
and then of (different?) person ‘‘like
a son of man’’ (KDMWT BNY ’DM,
:; cf. :). Latter announces
prophecy, ‘‘what is written in the
book of truth’’ (BKTB ’MT, :).Section ()Chapter Verse Narrative
– The same person (angel?) prophesies course of events from
Darius ‘‘the Mede’’ (or Cyrus, as in LXX and ‘‘Theo-
dotion’’). Three more kings in Persia (LPRS). Fourth
(Xerxes, –..?) will attack ‘‘all the kingdom of
Greece’’ (HKL ’T MLKWT YWN).
Mighty king will arise (Alexander).
Kingdom divided into four (early Hellenistic monarchies).
Strength of ‘‘king of south’’ (MLK HNGB) (Ptolemy I,
–..).
Marriage of daughter of ‘‘king of south’’ to ‘‘king of north’’
(MLK HṢPWN). Marriage breaks down. (Berenice,
daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, marries Antiochus II
Theos,c...)