That leaves us with chapters 1 and 10–12. Like chapters 2 and 7–9, Daniel 10–12 reveal what will take place between Daniel’s own day and the coming of God’s kingdom. There are a number of indications, however, that the author intended to forge connections between chapters 1 and 10–12: • Only in Daniel 1:21 and 10:1 do we read of a ‘year’ of Cyrus. • In both units — the ‘wise’ (1:4, 17, 20; 11:33, 35; 12:3, 10); — endure for ‘three years’ (1:5; 12:7, 11–12); — and because they ‘understand’ (1:17;