Daniel · Chapter 1 King James Version

Daniel 1:5

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The Scripture

(5) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Daniel and his friends are taken from their city and placed in the king's palace, where they must serve the king's officials. The chapter shows the tension between loyalty to God and obedience to earthly authority.

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