# 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]])

# Belshazzar

This was the name of Nebuchadnezzar's son, who became king after him. See how you wrote this name in [Daniel 5:1](../05/01.md).

# a dream and visions

The words "dream" and "visions" both refer to the same dream that is described in this chapter. AT: "visions while he was dreaming" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# the four winds of heaven

"winds from everywhere" or "strong winds from all four directions"

# stirring up

"whipped up" or "agitated" or "caused high waves in"