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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 1 – Daniel in Captivity
obliged to defile himself; and he respectfully
made his request known to the proper officer.
The prince of the eunuchs feared to grant
Daniel’s request, since the king himself had
appointed their meat. This shows the great
personal interest the king took in these
persons. He did not commit them to the hands
of his servants, telling them to care for them in
the best manner, without himself entering
into its details; but he himself appointed their
meat and drink. And this was of a kind which
it was honestly supposed would be best for
them, inasmuch as the prince of the eunuchs
thought that a departure from it would render
them poorer in flesh and less ruddy of
countenance than those who continued it; and
thus he would be brought to account for
neglect or ill-treatment of them, and so lose
his head. Yet it was equally well understood
