“ So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. ”
So he consented to them in this matter - Hebrew, “he heard them in this thing.” The experiment was such, since it was to be for so short a time, that he ran little risk in the matter, as at the e...
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...
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. Then let our c...
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 ( D...
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...
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 po...
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 i...
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 an...
So he consented to them in all this matter ,.... Or, "hearkened to them" e; being convinced that it was a very reasonable request, and the matter was fairly put; and especially as he saw, if it succ...
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. Ver. 14. So he consented to them in this matter. ] This had been well done, if done for God's sake; but it was nothing less. He ha...
Favour Shown to Daniel; Daniel's Conscientiousness. B. C. 606. 8 But Daniel purposed i...
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‘So he took notice of what they said and put them to the test for ten days. And at the end of ten days their faces appeared fresher, and they were fatter in the flesh, than all the youths who ate of...
HOMILETICS SECT. IV.—THE TRIAL ( Chap . Daniel 1:11-21 ). 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...
Daniel 1:1-21 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 cond...
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 ev...
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...
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,...
Daniel Faithful to his Religious Convictions
Daniel, the Seer Daniel 1:1-21 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 captivit...