Daniel 1:9

Now God gave Daniel favor and compassion through the respect that the chief official had for him.

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In The King James Version

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

In Context

8But Daniel intended in his mind that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicacies or with the wine that he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official that he might not pollute himself.

10The chief official said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my master the king. He has commanded what food and drink you should have. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men of your own age? The king might have my head because of you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:21But Yahweh was with Joseph and showed covenant faithfulness to him. He gave him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

Ezra 7:27Praise Yahweh, our ancestors' God, who placed all this into the king's heart to glorify Yahweh's house in Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Psalms 4:3But know that Yahweh sets apart the godly for himself. 1 Yahweh will hear when I call to him. 1

Proverbs 16:7When a person's ways are pleasing to Yahweh, 1 he makes even that person's enemies to be at peace with him. 1

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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