Daniel 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He believed their countenances would betray them; and the king having appointed it, he dares not disobey, for his life lay at stake.

Daniel 1:10

10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.