Daniel 1:8

But I decided that I would not eat the kind of food that the king ate, or drink the wine that he drank, because that would make me ◄ritually defiled/unacceptable to God►. So I asked Ashpenaz to allow me to eat and drink other things.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7But Ashpenaz gave us Babylonian names. The name he gave to me was Belteshazzar, the name he gave to Hananiah was Shadrach, the name he gave to Mishael was Meshach, and the name he gave to Azariah was Abednego.

9God had caused Ashpenaz to greatly respect me,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:45I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from being slaves in Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.

Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only when one of us dies.”

Psalms 106:28Later the Israeli people started to worship the idol of Baal who they thought lived at Peor Mountain, and they ate meat that had been sacrificed to Baal and those other lifeless gods.

Psalms 119:115You evil people, stay away from me in order than I may obey ◄my God’s commands/what my God has commanded►!

Ezekiel 4:13That will symbolize that the Israeli people will be forced to eat food that is unacceptable to me when they are living in the nations to which I will force them to go.”

Hosea 9:3And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, gave to your ancestors. You will be captured and taken to Assyria, where you will become slaves like your ancestors were in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.

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 →

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