Daniel 1:8
But Daniel had determined in his heart, that hee woulde not defile him selfe with the portion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe of the Eunuches that he might not defile himselfe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
9(Nowe God had brought Daniel into fauour, and tender loue with the chiefe of the Eunuches)
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.
Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
Psalms 106:28They ioyned themselues also vnto Baalpeor, and did eate the offrings of the dead.
Psalms 119:115Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Ezekiel 4:13And the Lord said, So shall the children of Israel eate their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will cast them.
Hosea 9:3They wil not dwel in the Lordes lande, but Ephraim will returne to Egypt, and they will eate vncleane things in Asshur.
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 →