Daniel 1:5
And the king appointed for them provisions for each day, from his own food and from the wine which he himself drank, so that, after being nourished for three years, they would stand in the sight of the king.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Now, among those of the sons of Judah, there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying: “Let David remain before my sight. For he has found favor in my eyes.”
1 Kings 10:8Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:7Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you at all times and listen to your wisdom.
Daniel 1:8But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not be polluted with the king’s meal, nor with the wine he drank, and he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be contaminated.
Matthew 6:11Give us this day our life-sustaining bread.
Luke 11:3Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:2-8
Daniel The book of Ezekiel left the affairs of Jerusalem under a doleful aspect, all in ruins, but with a joyful prospect of all in glory again. This of Daniel fitly follows. Ezekiel told us what was seen, and what was foreseen, by him in the former years of the captivity: Daniel tells us what was seen, and foreseen, in the latter years of the captivity. When God employs different hands, yet it is about the same work. And it was a comfort to the poor captives that they had first one prophet among them and then… Read the whole commentary →