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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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PULSE. vegetable food (to avoid the idol-tainted meat)....
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_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...
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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...
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The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....
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PULSE— _Pulse_ here signifies all sorts of _roots_ or _herbs._...
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II. PERSEVERANCE ACTUATED
TEXT: Daniel 1:8-16
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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...
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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...
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PULSE] RM 'herbs': so in Daniel 1:16....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
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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...
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PULSE:
_ Heb._ of pulse
TO EAT:
_ Heb._ that we may eat, etc....
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Daniel 1:12 test H5254 (H8761) servants H5650 ten H6235 days H3117
give H5414 (H8799) vegetables H2235 eat...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 1:16; Deuteronomy 8:3; Genesis 1:29; Genesis 1:30; Romans 14:2...
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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...