Daniel
- Daniel was of the royal family. (Daniel 1:3)
- Daniel must have been a young man when taken captive because he was in
captivity at least 67 years.
- Shortly after entering Babylon Daniel proved that a vegetarian diet is
much better for a person. (Daniel 1:8-20)
- Daniel was given 3 years of special training in Babylon. (Daniel 1:5)
- At the end of the 3 years they (Daniel and his 3 friends) were brought before the king and "he found
them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all
his realm". (Daniel 1:20)
Daniel
1:21 And Daniel continued [even] unto the first year of king Cyrus.
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