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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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;...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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 hav...
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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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וַ יָּ֤שֶׂם דָּנִיֵּאל֙ עַל ־לִבֹּ֔ו
אֲשֶׁ֧ר...
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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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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...
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_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) ---...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
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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...
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Daniel 1:8 Daniel H1840 purposed H7760 (H8799) heart H3820 defile
H1351 (H8691) portion H6598 kings H4428 delicacies...
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‘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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1
Corinthians 8:7;...
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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...
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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...