Faithfulness in Babylon
8 Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food 1:8 Pr 23:1–2 or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief eunuch not to defile himself. 1:8 Lv 3:17; 11:47; Ps 141:4; Ezk 4:13; Hs 9:3; Ac 10:11–15
12 "Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. 15 At the end of ten days they looked better and healthier 1:15 Lit fatter of flesh than all the young men who were eating the king’s food. 1:15 Ex 23:25
Faithfulness Rewarded
17 God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding 1:17 Jb 32:8; Ac 7:22; Jms 1:5 in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams 1:17 1Kg 3:10–12; Dn 2:19,30; 4:18–19; 7:1 of every kind.