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he might not defile himself.
9
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the
prince of the eunuchs.
10
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king,
who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than
the children which
are
of your sort? then shall ye make
me
endanger my head to the king.
11
Then
said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and PrAzariah,
12
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat,
and water to drink.
13
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance
of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
14
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
15
And at the end of ten days
their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion
of the king’s meat.
16
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they
should drink; and gave them pulse.
17
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom:
and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
18
Now at the end of the days that the king
had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before
Nebuchadnezzar.
19
And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and PrAzariah: therefore stood they before the king.
20
And in all matters
of wisdom
and
understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than
all the magicians
and
astrologers that
were
in all his realm.
21
And Daniel continued
even
unto the
first year of king Cyrus.
CHAPTER 2
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith
his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2
Then the king commanded to call the
magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams.
So they came and stood before the king.
3
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream,
and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack,
O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5
The king
answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto
me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
made a dunghill.
6
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me
gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the
interpretation of it.
8
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time,
because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
there is but
one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me,
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