Daniel 1:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And the king appointed them provision every day of a [a]portion of the king’s meat, and of the wine, which he drank, so nourishing them [b]three years, that at the end thereof, they might stand [c]before the king.
6 Now among these were certain of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
7 Unto whom the chief of the Eunuchs [d]gave other names: for he called Daniel, Belteshazzar, and Hananiah, Shadrach, and Mishael, Meshach, and Azariah, Abednego.
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- Daniel 1:5 That by their good entertainment they might learn to forget the mediocrity of their own people.
- Daniel 1:5 To the intent that in this time they might both learn the manners of the Chaldeans, and also their tongue.
- Daniel 1:5 As well to serve at the table, as in other offices.
- Daniel 1:7 That they might altogether forget their religion: for the Jews gave their children names, which might ever put them in remembrance of some point of religion: therefore this was a great tentation and a sign of servitude, which they were not able to resist.
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