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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1-21

1:1-6:28 STORIES ABOUT DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDSTraining for Nebuchadnezzar’s court (1:1-21)Babylon’s first attack on Jerusalem came in 605 BC, during the reign of the Judean king Jehoiakim. In keeping with the usual practice among conquerors in ancient times, the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar plundered the temple of the conquered people, carried off its sacred objects and placed them in his own temple. In this way Nebuchadnezzar demonstrated his belief that Babylon’s gods were superior to the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 1:2

the LORD* . One of the 134 places where the Sopherim say they altered "Jehovah" of the primitive text to"Adonai". See App-32 . gave . See Isaiah 39:6 , Isaiah 39:7 . Jeremiah 25:8-11 .Ezekiel 21:26 , Ezekiel 21:27 . part . Others were brought later (2 Kings 24:13 . 2 Chronicles 36:10 ). See Ezra 1:7 for the subsequent restoration of them by Cyrus. God . Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . the land of Shinar . Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:10 ; Genesis 11:2 ; Genesis 14:1 , Genesis 14:9 ).... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 1:2

Daniel 1:2. With part of the vessels— And part of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them, &c. Shinar was the original name of the country of Babylon. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 1:2

2. Shinar—the old name of Babylonia (Genesis 11:2; Genesis 14:1; Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 5:11). Nebuchadnezzar took only "part of the vessels," as he did not intend wholly to overthrow the state, but to make it tributary, and to leave such vessels as were absolutely needed for the public worship of Jehovah. Subsequently all were taken away and were restored under Cyrus (Ezra 1:7). his god—Bel. His temple, as was often the case among the heathen, was made "treasure house" of the king. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 1:1-2

A. Historical background 1:1-2 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 1:2

Daniel wrote that the Lord was responsible for Nebuchadnezzar’s success in defeating Jehoiakim. He viewed God as sovereignly controlling the past affairs of His chosen people (cf. Ephesians 1:4). As the book unfolds, this appreciation for God’s sovereignty continues as Daniel described God’s future dealings with the Jews and the Gentiles.Daniel used the name "Shinar" to describe Babylon (Daniel 1:2). Shinar is a biblical name for Babylon that often connotes a place hostile to God and faith in... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1-21

Introductory. The abstinence of Daniel and his Friends from Unclean FoodDaniel is introduced as one of a band of Jews taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in the third year of Jehoiakim (Daniel 1:1-2). Along with three of his youthful countrymen he is chosen to be trained during three years for personal attendance on the king (Daniel 1:3-7). As the food and drink provided for those in this position are ceremonially unclean Daniel resolves not to partake of them. After an unsuccessful... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 1:2

(2) Part of the vessels.—Literally, from one point to another. He did not take them all at once, but on different occasions. (On Shinar, see Note, Genesis 10:10.)His god—i.e., Bel-Merodach, who was originally an Accadian deity, the signification of the second part of the name being “he that measures the path of the sun.” The planet Jupiter was worshipped under this name. He was the tutelary god of Babylon, and to his honour Nebuchadnezzar dedicated a temple. For a further description of this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 1:1-21

Daniel 1:2 ; Daniel 1:6 I was taken captive when nearly sixteen years of age. I did not know the true God; and I was taken to Ireland in captivity with so many thousand men, in accordance with our deserts, because we departed from God and kept not His precepts. St. Patrick's Confessions. Daniel 1:8 The strangeness of foreign life threw me back into myself. Newman, Apologia, I. Daniel's Self-denial Daniel 1:8 We are told about a great many good men in the pages of the Bible: some who were... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1-21

THE PRELUDE"His loyalty he kept, his faith, his love."-MILTONTHE first chapter of the Book of Daniel serves as a beautiful introduction to the whole, and strikes the keynote of faithfulness to the institutions of Judaism which of all others seemed most important to the mind of a pious Hebrew in the days of Antiochus Epiphanes. At a time when many were wavering, and many had lapsed into open apostasy, the writer wished to set before his countrymen in the most winning and vivid manner the... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 1:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 1:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 1:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 1:1-2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 1:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 1:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 1:1-21

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1-21

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