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Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Daniel Removed to Babylon<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In ye thirde yeare of ye raigne of Ioachim kynge off Iuda, came Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vnto Ierusalem, & beseged it: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and the LORDE delyuered Ioachim the kynge off Iuda in to his honde, with certayne ornamentes of the house off God, which he caried awaye vnto the londe of Sennar, to the house of his god and there brought them in to his gods treasury.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the kynge spake vnto Asphenes ye chefe chamberlayne, that he shulde brynge him certayne of the children of Israel, that were come of the kynges sede and of prynces, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>yoge spryngaldes with out eny blemish but fayre ad welfauored, instructe in all wisdome, connynge and vnderstodinge: which were able to stonde in the kynges palace, to reade, and to lerne for to speake Caldeish. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Vnto these the kinge appoynted a certayne porcion of his owne meate and of the wine, which he drancke himselff, so to norish the thre yeare: that afterwarde they might stonde before the kynge. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Amonge these now were certayne of the children off Iuda: namely Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Vnto these the chefe chamberlayne gaue other names, and called Daniel, Balthasar: Ananias, Sydrac: Misael, Misac: and Asarias, Abdenago.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Daniel’s Faithfulness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Daniel was at a poynt wt himself, that he wolde not be defyled thorow the kynges meate, ner ye wyne which he droke. And this he desyred off the chefe chaberlayne, lest he shulde defyle himselff. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before ye chefe chamberlayne, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>that he sayde vnto him: I am afrayed off my lorde the kynge, which hath appoynted you youre meate and drynke: lest he spye youre faces to be worse lykynge then the other spryngaldes of youre age, ad so ye shal make me loose my heade vnto ye kynge. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Daniel answered Melassar, whom the chefe chamberlayne had set ouer Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Asarias, and sayde: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O proue but ten dayes with thy seruauntes, and let vs haue potage to eate, and water to drynke: <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>then loke vpon oure faces, and theirs that eate off the kinges meate. And as thou seyst, so deale with thy seruauntes.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So he consented to them in this matter, ad proued the x. dayes. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And after ye ten dayes, their faces were better lykinge & fatter, then all the yonge spryngaldes, which ate of the kinges meate. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thus Melassar toke awaye their meate and wyne, and gaue them potage therfore.<p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Daniel’s Wisdom<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>God gaue now these foure spryngaldes connynge and lernynge in all scripture and wisdome: but vnto Daniel specially, he gaue vnderstondinge off all visions and dreames.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now when the tyme was expyred, that the kynge had appoynted to brynge in these yonge springaldes vnto him: the chefe chamberlayne brought them before Nabuchodonosor, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the kynge commoned with them. But amonge them all were founde none soch as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Asarias. Therfore stode they before the kynge, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>which in all wisdome and matters off vnderstodinge, that he enquered off them, founde them ten tymes better, the all the soythsayers and charmers, that were in all his realme. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Daniel abode still, vnto the first yeare of kynge Cyrus.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../daniel/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Daniel 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Daniel 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>