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the people for whom his book was written. That Daniel is the writer of this book is also testified to in the book itself (7:1, 28; 8:2; 9:2; 10:1, 2;

12:4, 5). (See BELSHAZZAR.)

DAN-JAAN woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan (2 Samuel 24:6). The LXX. and the Vulgate read “Dan-ja’ar”, i.e., “Dan in the forest.”

DANNAH murmuring, a city (Joshua 15:49) in the mountains of Judah about 8 miles south-west of Hebron.