8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself Lev. 11:47; Deut. 32:38; Ezek. 4:13; Hos. 9:3with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
12 "Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
15 And at the end of ten days their features appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies.
17 As for these four young men, 1 Kin. 3:12, 28; 2 Chr. 1:10–12; (Luke 21:15; James 1:5–7)God gave them Acts 7:22knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had Num. 12:6; 2 Chr. 26:5; Dan. 5:11, 12, 14; 10:1understanding in all visions and dreams.