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THUS MELZAR TOOK AWAY THE PORTION OF THEIR MEAT ... - Doubtless
permanently. The experiment had been satisfactory, and it was inferred
that if the course of temperance could be practiced for ten days...
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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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THEN MELZAR TOOK AWAY THE PORTION OF THEIR MEAT, AND THE WINE.
This was now done permanently. It was regarded safe to continue.
regimen that had produced such satisfactory results. Abstinence had
prov...
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The loyalty to their faith shewn by the four Jewish youths....
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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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_THUS MELZAR TOOK AWAY THE PORTION OF THEIR MEAT, AND THE WINE THAT
THEY SHOULD DRINK; AND GAVE THEM PULSE._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1:16 steward (c-3) Or 'Melzar.'...
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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 יְהִ֣י הַ מֶּלְצַ֗ר נֹשֵׂא֙ אֶת
־פַּתְבָּגָ֔ם וְ יֵ֖ין מִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑ם
וְ נֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם זֵרְעֹנִֽים׃
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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 possibl...
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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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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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After Melsar saw it possible to gratify Daniel and his companions
without danger and promote his own profit, he was humane and easily
dealt with, and had no need of long disputation. For an intervenin...
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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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THUS MELZAR TOOK AWAY THE PORTION OF THEIR MEAT,.... To himself, as
the Syriac version adds; he took and carried it to his own family, and
made use of it himself; and the portion of four such young ge...
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_Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that
they should drink; and gave them pulse._
Ver. 16. _Thus Melzar took away._] See on Daniel 1:14 .
_ And gave them pulse._] This sle...
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DANIEL FAITHFUL TO HIS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS...
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Which he could not but take well, for hereby he gained the costly
provision of four men for the space of three years to his own use and
profit. Hence observe that courtiers are no losers by the favour...
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Daniel 1:16 steward H4453 away H5375 (H8802) delicacies H6598 wine
H3196 drink H4960 gave H5414 (H8802) vegetables H2235
Daniel 1:11...
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‘So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should
drink, and gave them vegetables.'
Having seen the effects of the diet the steward was willing to
continue it. From then on he refra...
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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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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. IV.—THE TRIAL (_Chap_. Daniel 1:11).
God works by means, and in doing so deals with men’s minds as well
as their bodies. Daniel was delivered out of his difficulty in regard
to the...
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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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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 Isr...