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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 1 – Daniel in Captivity
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.

Nebuchadnezzar appears upon this record

wonderfully free from bigotry. It seems that

he took no means to compel his royal captives

to change their religion. Provided they had

some religion, he seemed to be satisfied,

whether it was the religion he professed or

not. And although their names had been

changed to signify some connection with

heathen worship, this may have been more to

avoid the use of Jewish names by the

Chaldeans than to indicate any change of

sentiment or practice on the part of those to

whom these names were given.