887 B
887 B
General Information:
The angel continues speaking to Daniel.
someone will rise up in his place
Rising up in a king's place represents becoming king in place of the previous king. AT: "another man will become king of the North instead of that king" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
will make a tax collector pass through
The tax collector will go through the land forcing people to pay taxes. AT: "will send someone to make the people pay taxes" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
he will be broken
Here "he" refers to the new king. Being broken represents dying. AT: "the new king will die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
but not in anger
Possible meanings are 1) no one was angry at the king, or 2) that the occasion and cause of the king's death were kept secret. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)