At the end of the three years (Daniel 1:5), Daniel and his three companions are brought before the king; and being found by him to be the most proficient of all whom he had directed to be educated, are promoted to a place among his personal attendants.
Verse 17. _AS FOR THESE FOUR CHILDREN_] _Young men_ or _youths_. Our translation gives a false idea. _IN ALL VISIONS AND DREAMS._] That is, such as are _Divine_; for as to dreams in general, they ha...
AS FOR THESE FOUR CHILDREN - On the word “children,” see the notes at Daniel 1:4. Compare Daniel 1:6. GOD GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL - See the notes at Daniel 1:9. There is
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...
AS FOR THESE FOUR CHILDREN, GOD GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL. These children, or youths, were Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. They were all blessed by God with the minds, the health and the...
UNDERSTANDING. discernment....
DREAMS— Namely, those sent from God to portend future events; which were easily distinguished from fortuitous dreams; if, for instance, they had nothing in them preposterous, nothing irregular, nothin...
III. PROSPERITY AWARDED TEXT: Daniel 1:17-21 17 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams,...
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. GOD GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN ALL LEARNING A...
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...
DANIEL HAD UNDERSTANDING, etc.] A special statement by way of introduction to what follows in the book....
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...
LEARNING AND WISDOM. — These appear to be contrasted in this verse. The former refers to literature, and implies the knowledge of secular subjects; the latter implies philosophy and theology, and perh...
וְ הַ יְלָדִ֤ים הָ אֵ֨לֶּה֙ אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם נָ
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...
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning (r) and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all (s) visions and dreams. (r) Meaning in the liberal sciences, and natu...
Dreams. He was learned in all the sciences of the country, like Moses. (Acts vii. 22.) (Calmet) --- They studies these things, in order to refute what was erroneous: discunt....ut judicent. (St. Jerom...
Reader! when the Church of God; (which Daniel and his companions represented), is called in to stand before the King; and Jesus himself communes with his redeemed! how fully will it be found, that the...
The Prophet here shows what we have already touched upon, how his authority was acquired for exercising the prophetic office with greater advantage. He ought to be distinguished by fixed marks, that t...
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...
AS FOR THESE FOUR CHILDREN, GOD GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN ALL LEARNING AND WISDOM,.... As they prospered in their bodies, they succeeded in their studies, and improved in their minds, and becam...
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Ver. 17. _As for these four children, God gave them k...
_As for these four children_ The Hebrew is literally, As to _these children_, or young men, _each of them four: to them God gave knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom_ That is, in all sorts o...
As for these four children, God, who thus rewarded their faithfulness, GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN ALL LEARNING AND WISDOM, so that they mastered the Chaldean literature and scientific knowledge;...
DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
DANIEL HAD UNDERSTANDING: Or, he made Daniel understand...
We must own KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILL, AND WISDOM to come from God, JAMES 1:5. These are beams of light shining in us from the Father of lights, and a man can receive nothing of this unless it be given him...
Daniel 1:17 four H702 men H3206 God H430 gave H5414 (H8804) knowledge H4093 skill H7919 (H8687) literature...
‘Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.' Not only were their complexions continually clear...
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 1:17 God also gave Daniel and his friends exceptional knowledge of Babylonian LITERATURE AND WISDOM. In addition, he gave Daniel the ability to understand ALL VISIONS AND DREAMS....
_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...
1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 4:29;...
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...