Daniel 1:5

Overview - Daniel 1
Jehoiakim's captivity.
Ashpenaz takes Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
They refusing the king's portion do prosper with pulse and water.
17 Their proficiency in wisdom.
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Daniel 1:5  (King James Version)
And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
 


a daily
Athenus says the kings of Persia were accustomed to order for their courtiers the food left at their tables.
1 Kings 4:22 1 Kings 4:23 ; 2 Kings 25:30 ; Matthew 6:11 ; Luke 11:3

which he drank
Heb of his drink. stand.
19 ; Genesis 41:46 ; 1 Samuel 16:22 ; 1 Kings 10:8 ; 2 Chronicles 9:7 ; Jeremiah 15:19 ; Luke 1:19
Luke 21:36