Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Daniel 1:21
And Daniel continued [even] unto (u) the first year of king Cyrus.
(u) That is, he was esteemed in Babylon as a Prophet as long as that commonwealth stood.
And Daniel continued [even] unto (u) the first year of king Cyrus.
(u) That is, he was esteemed in Babylon as a Prophet as long as that commonwealth stood.
Verse Daniel 1:21. _THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS._] That is, to the _end of_ _the Chaldean empire_. And we find Daniel alive in the third year of Cyrus, see Daniel 10:1....
AND DANIEL CONTINUED EVEN UNTO THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS - When the proclamation was issued by him to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem, Ezra 1:1. That is, he continued in influence and authority at...
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...
DANIEL CONTINUED UNTO THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS. That is, his lifetime spanned the entire period of the Captivity, and he was permitted to see the return of the exiles to Jerusalem, which took in t...
CONTINUED. continued in office. See first occurance: Exodus 25:30. Dan 25:30, also Exodus 27:20; Exodus 28:29; Exodus 28:30;...
A remark on the long continuance of Daniel with the reputation, it is understood, implied in Daniel 1:20 in Babylon. The first year of Cyrus (b.c. 538) would be nearly 70 years after the date of Danie...
AND DANIEL CONTINUED— He was known, employed, and continued under Nebuchadnezzar and his successors, till the monarchy passed from the Chaldeans to the Persians, in the person of Cyrus; under which pr...
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,...
And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. DANIEL CONTINUED EVEN UNTO THE FIRST YEAR OF ... CYRUS - (; ). Not that Daniel did not continue beyond that year, but the expression is...
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...
THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS] 538 b.c., some 66 years after the third year of Jehoiakim....
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...
CONTINUED. — (See _Introduction,_ § I.) The phrase does not mean that “he prophesied,” but that he lived until the time specified; by no means implying that he died in the first year of Cyrus. This ye...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל עַד ־שְׁנַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת ל
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...
_Cyrus; and also to the third, (Chap. x) and of course during the whole of the captivity. (Worthington) --- He was maintained in power by the conqueror of Babylon. (Chap. vi. 18. and xiv. 1.) He first...
If we consider Daniel to have been but a youth of about fifteen when brought to Babylon, and from all his history, he could not have been younger at that time, he must have lived to a good old age; fo...
Expositors are puzzled with this verse, because, as we shall afterwards see, the Vision occurred to Daniel in the third year of Cyrus’s reign. Some explain the word היה, _haiah, _by to be “broken;” bu...
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 DANIEL CONTINUED,.... In Babylon, and at court there, and in the favour of Nebuchadnezzar and his successors: EVEN UNTO THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS: by whom Babylon was taken, and when the seven...
And Daniel continued [even] unto the first year of king Cyrus. Ver. 21. _And Daniel continued, &c._] And afterwards also, though shrewdly lifted at under Darius; Dan 6:4 and in the third year of Cyru...
_And Daniel continued_ Hebrew, ויהי, _he was_, namely, in the court of Babylon, known, employed, and held in reputation, under Nebuchadnezzar and his successors; _even unto the first year of Cyrus_ Ti...
And Daniel continued, he held positions at court, he lived in Babylonian court circles, EVEN UNTO THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS. If God's children are faithful in their adherence to His Word and comman...
DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
i.e. In the court of Babylon until Cyrus, and then he was in the Persian court, and he lived in honour and high employment all that time, yea, after Cyrus began to reign; for, DANIEL 10:1, he had visi...
Daniel 1:21 Daniel H1840 first H259 year H8141 King H4428 Cyrus H3566 Daniel 6:28,...
‘And Daniel continued, even to the first year of Cyrus the Persian.' The ‘first year of Cyrus the Persian' was an epochal day in the lives of the children of Israel, ranking possibly with the day of t...
CONTINUED That is, to see the return of the remnant of Judah at the end of the 70 years, (Jeremiah 25:11); (Jeremiah 25:12); (Jeremiah 29:10). Daniel actually lived beyond the first year of Cyrus. ...
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....
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 1:21 UNTIL THE FIRST YEAR OF KING CYRUS. That is, 539 B.C., when Cyrus conquered Babylon. God provided for Daniel throughout 70 years of exile....
_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 10:1; Daniel 6:28; Psalms 110:1...
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...
Continued — in the court of Babylon until Cyrus, and then he was in the Persian court, and he lived in honour and high employment all that time, yea, after Cyrus began to reign. For Daniel 10:1, he ha...