-
Verse Daniel 1:3. _MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS_] This word _eunuchs_
signifies officers about or in the palace, whether literally eunuchs
or not....
-
AND THE KING SPAKE UNTO ASHPENAZ THE MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS - On the
general reasons which may have influenced the king to make the
selection of the youths here mentioned, see the analysis of the
chapt...
-
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...
-
THE MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS. Hebrew. _rab sarisayn =_ master or chief of
the eunuchs; whence the title "Rab-saris" in 2 Kings 18:17. See note
there. Called "prince" in Daniel 1:7.
CHILDREN. sons.
AND....
-
_Ashpenaz_ No satisfactory explanation of this name has yet been
found. _Açp_in old Persian means a _horse_(Sansk. _açpa_); but the
name as a whole, in its present form, is not explicable from either...
-
Nebuchadnezzar's purpose to have certain noble and promising youths
educated for the king's service....
-
THE MASTER—THE KING'S SEED— _The prince—the royal seed:_ the
Hebrew word for princes פרתמים _partemim._ Aquila and the LXX,
as cited in Montfaucon's Hexapla, render it επιλεκτων,
_choice persons,_ and...
-
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...
-
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's
seed, and of the princes;
ASHPENAZ THE MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS -...
-
1:3 eunuchs, (d-11) Or 'chamberlains.'...
-
MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS] The Heb. is _rab sarisim_, the same title as
'Rabsaris' in 2 Kings 18:17
THE KING'S SEED.. THE PRINCES] It is uncertain whether Israelites or
Babylonians are meant....
-
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 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...
-
ASHPENAZ... HIS EUNUCHS — _i.e.,_ the courtiers or attendants upon
the king. (See marginal translation of Genesis 37:36; and compare
Jeremiah 39:3, where a Rab-saris, or chief of the courtiers, is
men...
-
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ לְ
אַשְׁפְּנַ֖ז רַ֣ב
-
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 king spake unto (c) Ashpenaz the master of his (d) eunuchs,
that he should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of the
(e) king's seed, and of the princes;
(c) Who was as master of...
-
Eunuchs, or chief officers. The Jews assert that Daniel was made an
eunuch. (Isaias xxxix. 7.) But he might be so styled on account of his
dignity. (Calmet) --- Princes. Literally, "tyrants." (Haydock...
-
What the immediate design of this heathenish monarch was is not said;
but it is blessed to watch how the Lord over-rules it for his glory
and his people's happiness. Jesus is always ordering all thing...
-
Here Daniel pursues his narrative, and shows the manner in which he
was led away together with his companions. The king had demanded young
men to be brought, not from the ordinary multitude, but from...
-
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 KING SPAKE UNTO ASHPENAZ, THE MASTER OF HIS EUNUCHS,.... That
is, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon spake to this officer of his, whose
name was Ashpenaz; which, according to Saadiah, signifies a...
-
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of the king's
seed, and of the princes;
Ver. 3. _And the king spake unto Ashp...
-
_And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, master of the eunuchs_ One of the
chief officers of his palace; the officers that attended about the
persons of the eastern kings being commonly eunuchs, (a custom s...
-
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, the chief
of all the officers of the court, THAT HE SHOULD BRING CERTAIN OF THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, of those who had been taken captive to...
-
DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS BROUGHT TO BABYLON...
-
These here called eunuchs were chief among the king's servants, and
they are called EUNUCHS because many of them were such of old among
all the princes of the East, and at this day, but they were not...
-
‘And the king spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his palace servants
(officers, nobles, eunuchs), that he should bring in certain of the
children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles, you...
-
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...
-
_Children in whom was no blemish._
PIETY AT COURT
I. THE HISTORY OF DANIEL’S FIRST APPEARANCE.
1. It is evident that this lad had come in with the others when
Nebuchadnezzar led home his captives f...
-
_In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah._
THE CAPTIVITY
Jehoiakim was the son of one of the best kings that ever sat upon the
throne of David. His father, Josiah, was a fearer of t...
-
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 1:3 SOME of THE ROYAL FAMILY and NOBILITY were
also exiled. Their exile fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy to King
Hezekiah in...
-
_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...
-
2 Kings 20:17; 2 Kings 20:18; Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 41:1...
-
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...
-
Of the eunuchs — These were chief among the king's servants; and
they are called eunuchs, because many of them were such. And of the
princes — Here was fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah had foretold,...