Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Ezekiel 4:13The LORD said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
Hosea 9:3They won’t dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
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 →