So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel kept his conscience clean, refusing the king's meat and wine, though his name was changed by his captors. God gave him favour with the official, and his steadfast principle, not sullenness, but genuine scruple, showed that a tractable spirit and firm religion are not opposed but joined together.
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Commenting on Daniel 1:8-16
So he consented to them in all this matter,.... Or, "hearkened to them" (e); 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...
Daniel appealed to the steward beneath the chief, requesting ten days on vegetables and water to prove the diet's effect on their appearance. Ten days suffice to show the result clearly; he trusted God, and God vindicated that trust completely.
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Commenting on Daniel 1:11-16