{"id":1691,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan01\/"},"modified":"2020-03-09T05:12:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:12:53","slug":"dan01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan01\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n<div class=\"mt\">The Book of Daniel <\/div> <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 1<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring <span class=\"add\">certain<\/span> of the children of Israel, and of the king\u2019s seed, and of the princes;  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Children in whom <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as <span class=\"add\">had<\/span> ability in them to stand in the king\u2019s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king\u2019s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel <span class=\"add\">the name<\/span> of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king\u2019s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 see your faces worse liking than the children which <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> of your sort? then shall ye make <span class=\"add\">me<\/span> endanger my head to the king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king\u2019s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king\u2019s meat.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And in all matters of wisdom <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> astrologers that <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> in all his realm.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Daniel continued <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> unto the first year of king Cyrus. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Daniel Chapters<\/h3>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan01\">1<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan02\">2<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan03\">3<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan04\">4<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan05\">5<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan06\">6<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan07\">7<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan08\">8<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan09\">9<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan10\">10<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan11\">11<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/dan12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book of Daniel 1 1\u00a0In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2\u00a0And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 3\u00a0And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king\u2019s seed, and of the princes; 4\u00a0Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king\u2019s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5\u00a0And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king\u2019s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 6\u00a0Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7\u00a0Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. 8\u00a0But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king\u2019s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9\u00a0Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10\u00a0And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-daniel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3941,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1691\/revisions\/3941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}