Daniel Chapter 1

• Daniel 1:1
  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
• Daniel 1:2
  The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the ...
• Daniel 1:3
  The king spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring and of the ...
• Daniel 1:4
  youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding science, and who had the ability to stan...
• Daniel 1:5
  The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years, th...
• Daniel 1:6
  Now among these of the children of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
• Daniel 1:7
  The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abe...
• 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...
• Daniel 1:9
  Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
• Daniel 1:10
  The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse...
• Daniel 1:11
  Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
• Daniel 1:12
  “Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
• Daniel 1:13
  Then let our faces be examined before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king’s delicacies; and as you see, deal with your servants.”
• Daniel 1:14
  So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
• Daniel 1:15
  At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies.
• Daniel 1:16
  So the steward took away their delicacies and the wine that they were given to drink, and gave them vegetables.
• Daniel 1:17
  Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
• Daniel 1:18
  At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
• Daniel 1:19
  The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king.
• Daniel 1:20
  In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and ench...
• Daniel 1:21
  Daniel continued even to the first year of King Cyrus.