Why the Angel Called Daniel Beloved Three Times

It is written, "So shall you find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man" (Proverbs 3:4). There is a person who is dear before the king but is not dear before the members of the king's palace, and there is one who is dear before the members of the palace but is not dear before the king. But the righteous, when they are dear before the Holy One, blessed be He, they are dear before the angels and before the creatures. For so you find in the case of Daniel: when the angel came to him, he called him "greatly beloved" three times. "Greatly beloved one, understand the words" (Daniel 10:11); and it is written, "Fear not, greatly beloved one" (Daniel 10:19); and "I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved" (Daniel 9:23). And why did he call him "greatly beloved" three times? Rather, happy is the man to whom the angel brought tidings and said: You are beloved before the Holy One, blessed be He; you are also praised among the heavenly beings, and you are beloved among your generation. Bezalel too was praised among the heavenly beings and also among the lower beings. From where? As it is said, "See, I have called by name Bezalel" (Exodus 31:2), and it is written, "See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel" (Exodus 35:30). "See" among the upper beings, "see" among the lower beings. Thus it says, "So shall you find favor," and so forth.