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Daniel 1:1-21
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Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:1-7Daniel 1:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryNebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem, and carried whom and what he pleased away. From this first captivity, most think the seventy years are to be dated. It is the interest of…The Siege of Jerusalem. (b. c. 606.)Daniel 1:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 606.) We have in these verses an account, I. Of the first descent which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made upon Judah and Jerusalem, in the third year of…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1-7Daniel 1:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryOCCASION OF DANIEL BEING IN BABYLON.The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1Daniel 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim King of Judah. After the defeat and death of Josiah, the people of the land put on the throne Jehoahaz, or Shallum (Jeremiah 22:11), one of the sons of their late monarch (2 K…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1-4Daniel 1:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryAdministration serving and served. "And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs," etc. The introduction should perhaps clear up the chronology of Daniel 1:1; give succinctly the history of the deportation…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Daniel 1:1-7Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem, and carried whom and what he pleased away. From this first captivity, most think the seventy years are to be dated. It is the interest of…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Siege of Jerusalem. (b. c. 606.)THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 606.) We have in these verses an account, I. Of the first descent which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made upon Judah and Jerusalem, in the third year of…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1-7OCCASION OF DANIEL BEING IN BABYLON.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim King of Judah. After the defeat and death of Josiah, the people of the land put on the throne Jehoahaz, or Shallum (Jeremiah 22:11), one of the sons of their late monarch (2 K…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:1-4Administration serving and served. "And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs," etc. The introduction should perhaps clear up the chronology of Daniel 1:1; give succinctly the history of the deportation…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:2And 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:3-21Training for imperial office and work. The name and the nature of a king are not always yoked together. Jehoiakim had been professedly a king, but was, in truth, a slave. Daniel and his companions, though led into exile…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 1:5-21Moral heroism. "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself" (verse 8). I. THE VARYING CONDITIONS OF IMMORTALITY. The reference is to subjective immortality, i.e. in the memories of men. The princi…Joseph S. Exell and contributors