Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Pulse. The Hebrew [ zeero`iym (H2235)] expresses any vegetable grown from seeds - i:e., vegetable food in general (Gesenius).
Verse Daniel 1:12. _GIVE US PULSE TO EAT_] הזרעים _hazzeraim_, seeds or grain, such as barley, wheat, rye, and peas, c. Though a vegetable diet might have produced that healthiness of the system in g...
PROVE THY SERVANTS, I BESEECH THEE, TEN DAYS - A period which would indicate the probable result of the entire experiment. If during that period there were no indications of diminished health, beauty,...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DANIEL IN BABYLON, NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM, AND HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER 1 Daniel and His Companions in Babylon _ 1. The introduction (Daniel 1:1)_ 2. The king's comman...
DANIEL 1. DANIEL AT THE COURT OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. This introductory chapter describes the circumstances which brought Daniel to Babylon, introduced him into the Court, and gained him favour with the ki...
PROVE THY SERVANTS,. BESEECH THEE, TEN DAYS. This request was made in order to put the change of food to the test of experiment. Ten days' trial would be enough to show whether the vegetable and wate...
PULSE. vegetable food (to avoid the idol-tainted meat)....
_ten days_ a round number of days (cf. Genesis 24:55; Genesis 31:7), sufficiently long to test the effects of the proposed diet. _let them_ i.e. the people appointed for the purpose. A Hebrew idiom, t...
From the answer given by the chief of the eunuchs, Daniel gathers that he does not view his request unfavourably, though he declines the responsibility of acceding to it himself. He therefore applies...
The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....
PULSE— _Pulse_ here signifies all sorts of _roots_ or _herbs._...
II. PERSEVERANCE ACTUATED TEXT: Daniel 1:8-16 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested...
INTRODUCTORY. THE ABSTINENCE OF DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS FROM UNCLEAN FOOD Daniel is introduced as one of a band of Jews taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in the third year of Jehoiakim (Daniel...
PULSE] RM 'herbs': so in Daniel 1:16....
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THIS BOOK The events in the first chapter of this book happened about 605 years before Christ was born. God had told the *Jews that they...
TEN DAYS. — The number “ten” is treated as a round number here, and in Daniel 1:20. (Comp. Genesis 31:41.) By adopting this mode of life, Daniel resumes the simple diet commonly used by his ancestors...
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THE PRELUDE "His loyalty he kept, his faith, his love."-MILTON THE first chapter of the Book of Daniel serves as a beautiful introduction to the whole, and strikes the keynote of faithfulness to the...
MORAL COURAGE REWARDED Daniel 1:1-21 These young men of noble Jewish families were brought to Babylon to receive education for the civil service. Their names were altered to break, so far as possible...
During the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Daniel came into favor and power. The king seems to have been impressed by the people he had conquered. He desired that some of the choicest of their young men be in...
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, (o) ten days; and let them give us (p) pulse to eat, and water to drink. (o) Meaning that within this space he might have the test, and that no man would be able t...
_Pulse. That is, pease, beans, and such like. (Challoner) --- St. Basil hence shews the advantages of fasting; and Catholics, who imitate Daniel, may expect the like reward in heaven: and the hope tha...
Mark the grace and watchful eye of the Lord in this instance over his people, or we shall lose the chief beauty of the history. Surely, nothing but grace could have prompted young men, like Daniel and...
Chapter 1 sets before us the royalty of Judah, formerly established by God over His people in the person of David, falling under the power of Nebuchadnezzar; and the king, Jehovah's anointed, given up...
PROVE THY SERVANTS, I BESEECH THEE, TEN DAYS, e.] Here Daniel manifestly includes his companions, and makes his request for himself and them desiring that they might be tried ten days with different s...
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Ver. 12. _Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days._] All good means must be used for the keep...
_Then said Daniel, Prove thy servants, I beseech, thee_ To satisfy him that there would be no danger of any ill consequence, Daniel desires the matter might be put to a trial _for ten days; and let th...
DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, making an experiment in their case; AND LET THEM GIVE US PULSE TO EAT AND WATER TO DRINK, the simplest kind of vegetable food with water, all luxuries in...
PULSE: _ Heb._ of pulse TO EAT: _ Heb._ that we may eat, etc....
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Daniel 1:12 test H5254 (H8761) servants H5650 ten H6235 days H3117 give H5414 (H8799) vegetables H2235 eat...
‘The Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the chief officers had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah “Put your servants to the test, I pray you, for ten days, and let them gi...
Daniel 1:1 I. We see here how national sins are ever followed by Divine retribution. II. We see here most admirably illustrated the duty of adhering in all circumstances to that course of conduct wh...
Daniel 1:1. _In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it._ Sin always brings its punishment. King Jehoiakim did evil...
CONTENTS: Personal history of Daniel. Reason for appearance of Daniel and his friends before Nebuchadnezzar. CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Hananiah, Judah, Mishael, Azariah, Ashpenaz, Cyrus, Je...
Daniel 1:1. _In the third year of Jehoiakim Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem._ Some think that Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiakim the third year, but that while on his way to Babylon he made submission, a...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 1:1 Daniel and the Three Friends at the Babylonian Court. The Hebrew exiles live faithfully to the Lord while serving in the court of Nebuchadnezzar and his successors, from 605...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 1:8 Daniel and his three friends kept their original names and RESOLVED not to DEFILE themselves with THE KING’S FOOD and drink (v....
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. IV.—THE TRIAL (_Chap_. Daniel 1:11). God works by means, and in doing so deals with men’s minds as well as their bodies. Daniel was delivered out of his difficulty in regard to the...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 1:1-27 OCCASION OF DANIEL BEING IN BABYLON. DANIEL 1:1 IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM KING OF JUDAH. After the defeat and death of Josiah, the people of the land put...
There are men who spend their lifetimes seeking to prove that the Bible is not all that it purports to be. Their whole premise for their doctorates are trying to take some aspect of the Bible and show...
Daniel 1:16; Deuteronomy 8:3; Genesis 1:29; Genesis 1:30; Romans 14:2...
DANIEL, THE SEER Daniel 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the study of Daniel, the Seer, it is well to note the conditions under which Daniel was found in the city of Babylon. The captivity of Isra...