AND THE PRINCE OF THE EUNUCHS SAID UNTO DANIEL, I FEAR MY LORD THE KING - He was apprehensive that if Daniel appeared less healthful, or cheerful, or beautiful, than it was supposed he would under the...
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...
FEAR MY LORD THE KING WHO HATH APPOINTED YOUR MEAT AND DRINK. The fear of the officer was that if these young Hebrews lived so abstemiously, their emaciation and pale countenances would indicate it. I...
AND: or, Yet. WORSE LIKING. sadder: i.e. thin and sad-looking. Compare Matthew 6:16. YOUR SORT. your own age....
Daniel and his companions crave to be allowed not to use the provision supplied from the royal table. The meat might be that of animals not slaughtered in the proper manner (Deuteronomy 12:23-24), or...
The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....
_for why should_ i.e. -lest," which would in fact be the better rendering. The expression is the translation into Hebrew of the ordinary Aramaic idiom for -lest" (cf. Theod. μή ποτε). _worse liking_ A...
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...
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your...
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...
YOUR SORT] RV 'your own age.'...
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...
OF YOUR SORT, _i.e.,_ of your contemporaries, those who are of the same age with you....
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...
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, (n) I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which [are] of...
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...
Daniel suffers a repulse from the prefect; and truly, as I have lately remarked, his humanity is not praised through his listening to Daniel’s wish and prayer; but through his burying in silence whate...
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...
AND THE PRINCE OF THE EUNUCHS SAID UNTO DANIEL, I FEAR MY LORD THE KING,.... This he said, not as refusing and denying the request of Daniel; but as hesitating about it, divided in his own mind, betwe...
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which [are] of you...
_The prince of the eunuchs said, I fear my lord the king_ He objects that he should incur the king's displeasure, and bring his life into danger, if he complied with Daniel's request; the king having...
And the prince of the eunuchs, to whom Daniel promptly presented his petition, SAID UNTO DANIEL, as he gave evidence of the favorable mental attitude which he had toward the Jewish youth, I FEAR MY LO...
DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
WORSE: _ Heb._ sadder SORT?: Or, term, or continuance...
He believed their countenances would betray them; and the king having appointed it, he dares not disobey, for his life lay at stake....
Daniel 1:10 chief H8269 eunuchs H5631 said H559 (H8799) Daniel H1840 fear H3373 lord H113 king H4428 appointed...
‘And the prince of the palace servants said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord, the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces as worse likeable (more gloomy) than t...
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. III.—THE RESOLUTION (_Chap_. Daniel 1:8) The religion of Daniel and his three companions was soon to be put to the test. They were to be fed from the royal table [16]; but the Jews...
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...
John 12:42; John 12:43; Matthew 6:16; Proverbs 29:25...
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...