Daniel 1:5
The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
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.
Note the wine…: Heb. the wine of his drink
The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years, that at its end they should stand before the king.
And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a daily
- Athenæus says the kings of Persia were accustomed to order for their courtiers the food left at their tables.
- 1 Kings 4:22, 23; 2 Kings 25:30; Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3
- which he drank
- Heb of his drink. stand.
- Daniel 1:19; Genesis 41:46; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Kings 10:8; 2 Chronicles 9:7; Jeremiah 15:19; Luke 1:19; Luke 21:36