Daniel 1:14

14 So the guard agreed. He tested them for ten days.

Daniel 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 1:14

So he consented to them in all this matter
Or, "hearkened to them" ^F5; being convinced that it was a very reasonable request, and the matter was fairly put; and especially as he saw, if it succeeded to their wish, it would be to his profit; since the meat and drink of these four persons would be his perquisite, and fetch him money; pulse and water being to be obtained at an easy rate: and proved them ten days;
tried the experiment, by giving them pulse and water only during this time, in order to see how it would agree with them; and whether any visible alteration could be discerned in their countenances, so as to bring him or his master into suspicion and danger.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Mhl emvyw) "auscultans eis", Junius & Tremellius, Broughtonus; "auscultavit eis", Pisator, Cocceius.

Daniel 1:14 In-Context

12 Daniel said to him, "Please test us for ten days. Give us nothing but vegetables to eat. And give us only water to drink.

13 Then compare us with the young men who eat the king's food. See how we look. After that, do what you want to."

14 So the guard agreed. He tested them for ten days.

15 After the ten days they looked healthy and well fed. In fact, they looked better than any of the young men who ate the king's food.

16 So the guard didn't require Daniel and his friends to eat the special food or drink the wine. He gave them vegetables instead.