Daniel 2:18

thatthey would - that they might " would be clearer, as it would include more easily a reference to Daniel (see Daniel 2:23 -me").

mercies compassion, as the corresponding Heb. word is rendered in Lamentations 3:22; Zechariah 7:9 in A.V., and in Daniel 1:9 in R.V.

the God of heaven So Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:44. A favourite expression among the post-exilic Jews [208] : see Ezra 1:2 (2 Chronicles 36:23), Daniel 5:11-12; Daniel 6:9-10; Daniel 7:12; Daniel 7:21; Daniel 7:23; Nehemiah 1:4-5; Nehemiah 2:4; Nehemiah 2:20; Jonah 1:9; Psalms 136:26 (אל): also Enoch xiii. 6, Tob 10:11, Jdt 5:8; Jdt 6:19; Jdt 11:17, Revelation 11:13; Revelation 16:11.

[208] In Genesis 24:7 it is probable that -and earth" (so LXX) has accidentally fallen out: see Daniel 2:3.

fellows companions (R.V.), as Daniel 2:17.