2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. 10:2 Ezr 9:4–5; Neh 1:43 I didn’t eat any rich food, 10:3 Dn 6:18; Am 6:6; Mt 6:17 no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.
12 "Don’t be afraid, 10:12 Is 41:10,14; Dn 10:19 Daniel," he said to me, "for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, 10:12 Dn 9:2–23; 10:2–3 your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers. 10:12 Ac 10:30–3113 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, 10:13 Dn 10:21; 12:1; Jd 9; Rv 12:7 one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia. 10:13 Dn 7:17; 8:21