⁴⁸ Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great ^(A)gifts, and made him ruler over the whole ^(B)province of Babylon and ^(C)chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

⁸ At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named ^(A)Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is ^(B)the spirit of the holy gods^[a]—and I told him the dream, saying, ⁹ “O Belteshazzar, ^(C)chief of the magicians, because I know that ^(D)the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no ^(E)mystery is too difficult for you, tell me ^(F)the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.

¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom ^(A)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.^[a] In the days of your father, ^(B)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—^(C)made him chief of the magicians, ^(D)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,