Daniel 1:12

“I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,

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In The King James Version

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

In Context

11And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the leader of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

13and then observe our faces, and the faces of the children who eat the king’s food, and then deal with your servants according to what you see.”

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Cross References

Genesis 1:29And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,

Daniel 1:16Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:9-17

Favour Shown to Daniel; Daniel's Conscientiousness. ( b. c. 606.) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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