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Text -- Daniel 1:1-12 (NET)
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Daniel Finds Favor in Babylon
1:1 In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah , King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem and laid it under siege .
1:2 Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power , along with some of the vessels of the temple of God . He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god .
1:3 The king commanded Ashpenaz , who was in charge of his court officials , to choose some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent –
1:4 young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome , well versed in all kinds of wisdom , well educated and having keen insight , and who were capable of entering the king’s royal service – and to teach them the literature and language of the Babylonians .
1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank . They were to be trained for the next three years . At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service .
1:6 As it turned out, among these young men were some from Judah : Daniel , Hananiah , Mishael , and Azariah .
1:7 But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar , Hananiah he named Shadrach , Mishael he named Meshach , and Azariah he named Abednego .
1:8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine . He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.
1:9 Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel .
1:10 But he responded to Daniel , “I fear my master the king . He is the one who has decided your food and drink . What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age ? If that happened, you would endanger my life with the king !”
1:11 Daniel then spoke to the warden whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel , Hananiah , Mishael , and Azariah :
1:12 “Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Daniel |
HANANIAH |
Shadrach |
Nebuchadnezzar |
Captive |
Students |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Government |
School |
Jehoiakim |
Abed-nego |
Mishael |
Azariah |
JEHOIACHIN |
Melzar |
DRUNKENNESS |
Prudence |
Temperance |
Integrity |
Ashpenaz |
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NET Notes -> Dan 1:1; Dan 1:1; Dan 1:1; Dan 1:1; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:2; Dan 1:3; Dan 1:3; Dan 1:3; Dan 1:3; Dan 1:3; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:4; Dan 1:5; Dan 1:5; Dan 1:5; Dan 1:5; Dan 1:6; Dan 1:6; Dan 1:6; Dan 1:6; Dan 1:7; Dan 1:7; Dan 1:8; Dan 1:8; Dan 1:8; Dan 1:8; Dan 1:9; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:10; Dan 1:11
NET Notes: Dan 1:1 This attack culminated in the first of three major deportations of Jews to Babylon. The second one occurred in 597 B.C. and included among many other ...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:2 Heb “brought.” Though the Hebrew verb “brought” is repeated in this verse, the translation uses “brought…put”...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:4 Heb “Chaldeans” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). This is an ancient name for the Babylonians.
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NET Notes: Dan 1:6 The names reflect a Jewish heritage. In Hebrew Daniel means “God is my judge”; Hananiah means “the Lord is gracious”; Mishael ...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:7 The meanings of the Babylonian names are more conjectural than is the case with the Hebrew names. The probable etymologies are as follows: Belteshazza...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:9 Heb “Then God granted Daniel loyal love and compassion before the overseer of the court officials.” The expression “loyal love and c...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:10 Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clea...
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