Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Daniel 1:6-7
Among the noble youths thus selected were four belonging to the tribe of Judah, who are named specially as forming the subject of the following narratives.
Among the noble youths thus selected were four belonging to the tribe of Judah, who are named specially as forming the subject of the following narratives.
Verse Daniel 1:6. _NOW AMONG THESE_] There were no doubt several noble youths from other provinces: but the four mentioned here were Jews, and are supposed to have all been of royal extraction....
NOW AMONG THESE WERE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH - That is, these were a part of those who were selected. They are mentioned because they became so prominent in the transactions which are subsequently re...
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. God is my Judge. See note on the Title. HANANIAH. Jah is gracious; or, graciously given by Jah. MISHAEL. who is (or is as) El? App-4. AZARIAH. helped of Jah, or Jah has helped....
Part OneDaniel's FaithChapter 1 CHAPTER ONE I. DANIEL'S FAITHDaniel 1:1-21 I. PAGANIZATION ATTEMPTED TEXT: Daniel 1:1-7 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadne...
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: NOW AMONG THESE WERE, OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH - the most noble tribe, being that to which the "king's seed...
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...
CHILDREN OF JUDAH] Daniel and his friends belonged to the royal tribe. DANIEL] The name means 'God is my judge.' HANANIAH] 'Jehovah is gracious.' MISHAEL] 'Who is what God is?' AZARIAH] 'Jehovah has h...
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...
NOW AMONG THESE... — Four persons only are mentioned here, because the narrative of the book is only concerned with four. Daniel calls our attention to the fact that the very four whom Providence had...
וַ יְהִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם מִ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה דָּנִיּ
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...
_Juda. It is thought all four were of royal blood. (Calmet) --- Others were also kept at court. (Menochius)_...
The change of names could, have no good design. No doubt it was to make them forget both the Lord, and their interest in Him as a covenant God. The custom in Israel, of giving names to their children,...
The Prophet now comes to what properly belongs to his purpose. He did not propose to write a full narrative, but he touched shortly on what was necessary, to inform us how God prepared him for the sub...
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...
NOW AMONG THESE WERE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDEA, e.] Among those youths that were selected from the rest, and brought up in the above manner, and for the above purposes, who were of the tribe of Judah,...
_Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:_ Ver. 6. _Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel._] Who had not his name for nought, as we say,...
_Among these were Daniel, Hananiah_, &c. All their names had some affinity with the name of _Jehovah_, the God whom they worshipped. _Daniel_ signifies, _God is my judge_, or _the judgment of God; Han...
DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS BROUGHT TO BABYLON...
Now, among these, among the youths selected in accordance with this royal order, WERE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, of the most prominent tribe of the Jewish people, DANIEL, HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH...
Doubtless most of them of the royal lineage of Judah, to which tribe God had a special respect, upon the account of David; and this tribe of Judah had the pre-eminence in many things....
Daniel 1:6 sons H1121 Judah H3063 Daniel H1840 Hananiah H2608 Mishael H4332 Azariah H5838 Daniel - D
‘Now among these men were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. And the prince of the palace servaants, (nobles, chief officers, eunuchs) gave them names, to Daniel he gave...
DANIEL deported 8 years before Ezekiel. (2 Kings 24:1); (2 Kings 24:2); (2 Chronicles 36:5); (Jeremiah 25:1); ...
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...
_The Prince of the Eunuchs gave names._ NAMES The highest import of names arises from their association with the highest of all beings. Among Jews and Christians a name gathers round it a halo of bea...
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 1:5 Nebuchadnezzar forced the exiles into adopting Babylonian culture by depriving them of their religious and cultural identity and creating dependence on the royal court. They...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. II.—THE FOUR CAPTIVE YOUTHS (_Chap_. Daniel 1:3) Among the youths of noble or princely birth taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar as trophies of his conquest [7], and...
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 2:17; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Ezekiel 28:3; Mark 13:14;...
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...
And Azariah — Probably all of the royal lineage of Judah....