1.3 KiB
General Information:
Chapters 7 and 8 are not in chronological order. They happened while Belshazzar was still the king, before the rule of Darius and Cyrus that was discussed in chapter 6.
General Information:
In Daniel's vision, he saw animals that were symbols of other things. Later in the vision someone explains the meaning of those symbols. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)
In the third year
"In year three" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
Belshazzar
This is the son of Nebuchadnezzar who became king after his father. See how you translated this name in Daniel 5:1.
had a vision appear to me (after the one ... first)
This is background information to remind the reader that this is Daniel's second vision. AT: "had a second vision appear to me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
fortress
a walled city that was guarded and protected
Susa ... Elam ... Ulai Canal
These are names of places. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Canal
A canal is a narrow man-made waterway.