Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah

Daniel with his friends did not partake of the king’s food and drinks. To keep them pure, and not defiled.

The outcome is obvious. They turnout to be more healthy with sound mind, than those who partook of the king’s daily allotted portion of food and drinks.

“Nebuchadnezzar King Of Babylon”

“Daniel And His Friends”

… Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it.
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The king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his officers, to bring from the children of Israel, from the royal seed and from the nobles,
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youths in whom there was no blemish, who were good looking, skillful in all wisdom, discerning in knowledge and perceptive in learning, and who have the stamina to stand [and serve] in the king’s palace, and to teach them the script and language of the Chaldeans.
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Among them were, from the children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
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Daniel set [the resolve] in his heart not to be defiled by the king’s food nor by his drinking-wine, so he requested of the chief officer that he not be defiled.
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God granted Daniel favor and mercy before the chief officer,
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“Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us of the pulse and we will eat, and [give us] water and we will drink.
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As for these youths, the four of them, God gave them learning and skill in every script and wisdom; and Daniel understood every kind of vision and dreams.
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The king spoke with them, and there was not found among them all [anyone] like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they stood [and served] before the king.
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In every matter of the art of reasoning that the king asked of them, he found them ten times better than all the necromancers and astrologers that were in his entire kingdom.
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Daniel was [there] until the first year of King Cyrus.
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1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the House of God into his hand, and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought to the treasury of his god.
3 Then the king said to Ashpenaz, his chief officer, to bring from the Children of Israel, from the royal seed, and from the nobles.
4 Youths in whom there is no blemish, of handsome appearance, who understand all wisdom, [who are] erudite in knowledge, who understand how to express their thoughts, and who have strength to stand in the king’s palace, and to teach them the script and the language of the Chaldeans.
5 The king allotted them a daily portion of the king’s food and of the wine that he drank, and to train them for three years, and at the end thereof, they would stand before the king.
6 Now there were among them, from the Judahites, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
7 And the chief officer gave them names: he called Daniel Belteshazzar, Hananiah Shadrach, Mishael Meshach, and Azariah Abed-nego.
8 Daniel resolved not to be defiled by the king’s food or by the wine he drank; so he requested of the king’s chief officer that he should not be defiled.
9 God granted Daniel kindness and mercy before the chief officer.
10 And the chief officer replied to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who allotted your food and your drink, for why should he see your faces troubled more than the youths like you? And you will forfeit my head to the king.”
11 And Daniel answered the steward whom the chief officer had appointed for Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 “Now test your servants for ten days, and let them give us some pulse that we should eat, and water that we should drink.
13 And let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king’s food be seen by you, and as you will see, so do with your servants.”
14 He heeded them in this matter and tested them for ten days.
15 And at the end of the ten days, they looked handsomer and fatter than all the youths who ate the king’s food.
16 And the steward would carry away their food and the wine they were to drink and give them pulse.
17 And to these youths, the four of them, God gave knowledge and understanding in every script and wisdom, and Daniel understood all visions and dreams.
18 And at the end of the days that the king ordered to bring them, the chief officer brought them before Nebuchadnezzar.
19 And the king spoke with them, and of all of them, no one was found to equal Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and they stood before the king.
20 And in every matter of the wisdom of understanding that the king requested of them, he found them ten times better than all the necromancers and astrologers in all his kingdom.
21 And Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus.