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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...
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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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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...
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AND: or, Yet.
WORSE LIKING. sadder: i.e. thin and sad-looking. Compare Matthew 6:16.
YOUR SORT. your own age....
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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...
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The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....
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_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...
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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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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...
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YOUR SORT] RV 'your own age.'...
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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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OF YOUR SORT, _i.e.,_ of your contemporaries, those who are of the
same age with you....
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וַ יֹּ֜אמֶר שַׂ֤ר הַ סָּרִיסִים֙ לְ
דָ֣נִיֵּ֔
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
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WORSE:
_ Heb._ sadder
SORT?:
Or, term, or continuance...
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He believed their countenances would betray them; and the king having
appointed it, he dares not disobey, for his life lay at stake....
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‘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...
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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. 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...
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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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John 12:42; John 12:43; Matthew 6:16; Proverbs 29:25...
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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...