Daniel 1:5
And the king appoints for them a rate, day by day, of the king’s portion of food, and of the wine of his drinking, so as to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they may stand before the king.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And there are among them out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:22And Saul sends to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.”
1 Kings 10:8O the blessedness of your men, O the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, who are hearing your wisdom!
2 Chronicles 9:7O the blessedness of your men, and the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, and hearing your wisdom.
Daniel 1:8And Daniel purposes in his heart that he will not defile himself with the king’s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeks of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not defile himself.
Matthew 6:11Give us today our appointed bread.
Luke 11:3be giving us daily our appointed 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 →