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Text -- Daniel 1:10-21 (NET)
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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 .
1:13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies ; deal with us in light of what you see .”
1:14 So the warden agreed to their proposal and tested them for ten days .
1:15 At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies .
1:16 So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.
1:17 Now as for these four young men , God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams .
1:18 When the time appointed by the king arrived , the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence .
1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group anyone like Daniel , Hananiah , Mishael , or Azariah . So they entered the king’s service .
1:20 In every matter of wisdom and insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire .
1:21 Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king .
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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 |
Mishael |
Shadrach |
Captive |
Nebuchadnezzar |
Students |
School |
Government |
Melzar |
Abed-nego |
Integrity |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Temperance |
DRUNKENNESS |
Pulse |
Azariah |
Prudence |
Civil Service |
Instruction |
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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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NET Notes: Dan 1:11 Having failed to convince the overseer, Daniel sought the favor of the warden whom the overseer had appointed to care for the young men.
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NET Notes: Dan 1:14 The number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number of completeness. Cf. v. 20; Zech 8:23; Rev 2:10.
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NET Notes: Dan 1:15 Heb “fat of flesh”; KJV, ASV “fatter in flesh”; NASB, NRSV “fatter” (although this is no longer a sign of health i...
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NET Notes: Dan 1:16 The words “from their diet” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.
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