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 things to this end, whatever the designs of the Church's enemies may be. Oh! that the people of God could always keep this in view!
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...
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...
Daniel 1:3 king H4428 instructed H559 (H8799) Ashpenaz H828 master H7227 eunuchs H5631 bring H935 (H8687) children...
‘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,...