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Daniel 1 — Sermon Preparation
Daniel and his three friends refuse the king's food in Babylon and are found healthier and wiser than all their peers. Below is a research summary for Daniel 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Daniel 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָנִיֵּאל | Dânîyêʼl | H1840 | 10 | Daniel, Danijel |
| סָרִיס | çârîyç | H5631 | 7 | eunuch, valet |
| פַּתְבַּג | pathbag | H6598 | 5 | dainty |
| מִישָׁאֵל | Mîyshâʼêl | H4332 | 4 | Mishael |
| קְצָת | qᵉtsâth | H7117 | 4 | termination, portion |
| יֶלֶד | yeled | H3206 | 5 | something born, lad |
| שַׂר | sar | H8269 | 6 | head |
How preachers through history handled this text
22 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“21. And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. 2l. Et fuit Daniel usque ad annum primum Cyri regis. Expositors are puzzled with this verse, because, as we shall afterwards see, the Vision occurred to Daniel in the third year of Cyrus's reign. Some explain the word hyh, haiah, by to be "broken;" but this is by no means in accordance with the history. Their opinion is right who say that Daniel continued to the first year of the reign of Cyrus in the discharge of the prophetic office, although expositors do not openly say so; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 1:21–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Dan 1:1
- Jerusalem— Dan 1:1
- Shinar— Dan 1:2
- Chaldea— Dan 1:4
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