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    Daniel 1

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    A ten-day trial of vegetables and water leaves four young captives healthier than the lads eating the royal table—and then the king finds them ten times better than every magician and enchanter in the kingdom.

    A royal collectionvv. 1–7

    In Jehoiakim’s third year, Nebuchadnezzar arrives at Jerusalem with a siege, takes Jehoiakim and some of the articles from the house of God, and carries them to Shinar. The articles are put in the treasury of his god: a conqueror’s filing system, with sacred objects now carefully shelved under new ownership. Ashpenaz is ordered to gather promising young men from Israel’s royal family and nobility, teach them Chaldean language and literature, feed them from the royal table, and prepare them for service. Among them are Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, each supplied with a new name by the chief official.

    The ten-day tablevv. 8–16

    Daniel decides not to defile himself with the king’s food or wine and asks Ashpenaz for permission. Ashpenaz is sympathetic but alarmed: if the young men grow thin, his own head may become the king’s preferred portion. So Daniel takes the matter to the steward appointed over the four, proposing a modest experiment: vegetables and water for ten days, followed by a comparison with the royal diners. The result is gloriously inconvenient for the royal menu. The four look healthier and better nourished, and the steward continues withholding the choice food and wine.

    An examination at courtvv. 17–21

    God gives the four knowledge and understanding in literature and wisdom, while Daniel receives insight into visions and dreams. At the end of the appointed training, Ashpenaz presents them to Nebuchadnezzar. The king finds none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they enter his service. In every matter on which he consults them, they are found ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in the kingdom—a measurement the chapter cheerfully leaves unexplained. Daniel remains there until the first year of Cyrus.

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    1. Dan 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

    2. Dan 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.

    3. Dan 1:3Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

    4. Dan 1:4young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

    5. Dan 1:5The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.

    6. Dan 1:6Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

    7. Dan 1:7The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

    8. Dan 1:8But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

    9. Dan 1:9Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

    10. Dan 1:10but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”

    11. Dan 1:11Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

    12. Dan 1:12“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.

    13. Dan 1:13Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

    14. Dan 1:14So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.

    15. Dan 1:15And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

    16. Dan 1:16So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

    17. Dan 1:17To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

    18. Dan 1:18Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

    19. Dan 1:19And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.

    20. Dan 1:20In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

    21. Dan 1:21And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

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    • 8Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
    • 12 Chronicles 36:5–7Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
    • 12 Kings 24:1–2During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
    • 8Ezekiel 4:13–14Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
    • 8Leviticus 11:45–47For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
    • 81 Corinthians 10:18–21Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
    • 171 Kings 3:12behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
    • 17James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
    • 81 Corinthians 7:37But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
    • 9Genesis 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
    • 17Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
    • 17Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
    • 8Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
    • 9Psalms 106:46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
    • 12 Kings 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
    • 8Hosea 9:3–4They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

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