Daniel 1:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

Daniel 1:13 —

Old words in this verse

meat: — food of any kind.

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Topics

Abed-Nego Abstemiousness Abstinence, Total Appetite Graces Intemperance Melzar Sensuality

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-16)

We observe here, very much to our satisfaction, I. That Daniel was a favourite with the prince of the eunuchs (Dan. 1:9), as Joseph was with the keeper of the prison; he had a tender love for him. No doubt Daniel deserved it, and recommended himself by his ingenuity and sweetness of temper (he was greatly beloved, Dan. 9:23); and yet it is said here that it was God that brought him into favour wit…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13-15. Illustrating De 8:3, “Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord.”