Daniel 1:10 meaning and explanation
but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
Daniel 1:10, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is Ashpenaz, the Babylonian court official set over Daniel and his three friends. Daniel has asked to be excused from the king's food and wine, and Ashpenaz refuses, not out of cruelty but fear.
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