Daniel 1
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 12
Chapter Summary
Jehoiakim's captivity. Ashpenaz takes Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Judean captive who resolves not to defile himself with the king's food; given understanding in visions and dreams.
Chief of the eunuchs who brings the young men to the palace and renames Daniel and his three companions.
King of Babylon who besieges Jerusalem, takes captives, and examines the youths at the end of their training.
One of the four Judean youths who, with Daniel, refuses the royal food and gains wisdom from God.
Judean youth among Daniel's companions who shares the diet of vegetables and stands before the king.
Judean youth renamed by the chief of eunuchs; one of the four found best in wisdom before Nebuchadnezzar.
Timeline
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem and took captives of the royal seed, including Daniel, to be taught the writing and language of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:1-6Daniel and his companions resolved not to defile themselves with the king's food and wine, asking for a ten-day test of eating only vegetables and drinking water. After ten days, their appearance was better and fatter in flesh than all the boys who ate the royal food.
Daniel 1:8-15God gave the youths exceptional knowledge and skill, and the king found them ten hands better than all the magicians and conjurers in his entire kingdom.
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