Daniel 1:5
And the king appointed them a daily provision, of his own meat, and of the wine of which he drank himself, that being nourished three years, afterwards they might stand before the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
6Now there was among them of the children of Juda, Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:22And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let David stand before me: for he hath found favour in my sight.
1 Kings 10:8Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:7Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not be defiled with the king's table, nor with the wine which he drank: and he requested the master of the eunuchs that he might not be defiled. Be defiled, etc... Viz., either by eating meat forbidden by the law, or which had before been offered to idols.
Matthew 6:11Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. Supersubstantial bread... In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in the Blessed Sacrament.
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 →