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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 1:8

Defile himself] The king's food might consist of the flesh of unclean animals, or might not be freed from blood, or part of it might have been offered in sacrifice to idols. Part of the wine would have been poured out as a libation to the gods.

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See also Daniel 1:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 1:8. _BUT DANIEL - WOULD NOT DEFILE HIMSELF_] I have spoken of this resolution in the introduction. The chief reasons why Daniel would not eat meat from the royal table were probably thes...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART - Evidently in concurrence with the youths who had been selected with him. See Daniel 1:11. Daniel, it seems, formed this as a “decided” purpose, and “meant” to carry...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    DANIEL IN BABYLON.--1:8-21. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Wherewithal shall. young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word._ --P ALM 119:9. TIME. --B. C. 606. PLACE. --Babylon. HELPFUL RE...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PURPOSED IN HIS HEART. made up his mind. Compare Proverbs 23:7. DEFILE HIMSELF, &C. This was because meat was killed with the blood (contrary to Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:26;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART— Daniel had two reasons for refusing the meat from the king's table: first, because the heathens ate indiscriminately all sorts of food, and consequently such as was forbi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. PERSEVERANCE ACTUATED TEXT: Daniel 1:8-16 8 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mi...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART. — He was cautious from the first. He feared that he might eat something that had been consecrated to idols. (See 1 Corinthians 8)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֤שֶׂם דָּנִיֵּאל֙ עַל ־לִבֹּ֔ו אֲשֶׁ֧ר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not (m) defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Daniel, as head and nearer the throne, gave good example to the rest. (Worthington) --- Defiled, either by eating meat forbidden by the law, or which had before been offered to idols. (Challoner) ---...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A BOY HERO_ ‘Daniel purposed in his heart.’ Daniel 1:8 Let young people take note of Daniel’s example. It was because as a boy he could act with such courage and faith that he grew to be one of th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here Daniel shows his endurance of what he could neither cast off nor escape; but meanwhile he took care that he did not depart from the fear of God, nor become a stranger to his race, but he always r...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART,.... It being proposed to him to be brought up in the manner before described, he revolved it in his mind; he well weighed it, and considered it with himself, and came...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But Daniel purposed that he would not defile himself_ The defilement here alluded to might arise either from the food being such as was prohibited in the law of Moses, or else what was offered to the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But Daniel purposed in his heart, definitely made up his mind, THAT HE WOULD NOT DEFILE HIMSELF WITH THE PORTION OF THE KING'S MEAT NOR WITH THE WINE WHICH HE DRANK, chiefly because the heathen had th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 8. There may be several weighty reasons assigned why Daniel did this. 1. Because many of those meats provided for the king's table were such as were forbidden by the Jews law, whereof Daniel mad...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 1:8 Daniel H1840 purposed H7760 (H8799) heart H3820 defile H1351 (H8691) portion H6598 kings H4428 delicacies...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's meat, nor with the wine that he drank, therefore he requested of the prince of the chief officers that he might not d...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Daniel 1:8 Observe: I. The respect which honest and open minds, even worldly or heathen minds, cannot help entertaining for spiritual principle or power. Nebuchadnezzar was a man of imperial capacity...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _But Daniel purposed in his heart._ A SERMON TO YOUNG MEN The scene of this heroic resolution was Babylon. The circumstances add lustre to the moral grandeur of the brave purpose. To appreciate the s...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But Daniel purposed — There may be several weighty reasons assigned why Daniel did this. Because many of those meats provided for the king's table, were forbidden by the Jewish law. Daniel knew these...

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