![]() ![]() So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days. Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink . Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah .īut Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank . Therefore, Daniel and his friends were permitted to eat vegetables for the duration of their training.Īnd the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years that at the end thereof they should stand before the king. For 10 days, they were permitted to eat just vegetables, and at the end, the guard was surprised at their good personal appearance and physical and mental health, compared to those who had accepted the royal foods. The guard charged with their care expressed concern for their health, so Daniel requested a short test of the diet. Daniel refused to eat foods forbidden by Yahweh and instead asked for vegetables and water. Daniel decided not to defile himself with the royal rations, which included meat that may not have been drained of blood, as required by Jewish law, or that was likely often used as ritual offering to the Babylonian god Marduk and his divine son Nabu. Nebuchadnezzar offered them royal food and wine for the three years of their education. Daniel, three friends, and fellow captives have been brought to the Chaldean capital, the newly rebuilt Babylon, to learn the literature of the Chaldeans. In the narrative, the God of the Israelites, Yahweh, let King Jehoiakim fall to Nebuchadnezzar. The first chapter of the Book of Daniel was most likely composed as early as 450 BCE and as late as the 2nd century BCE. Elsewhere in the Bible, Jehoiakim was already dead at the time of the siege of Jerusalem. In the biblical narrative of the first chapter of the Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem happened in the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, whose successor Jeconiah is not mentioned. After Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah became king, Nebuchadnezzar attacked the Israelite capital of Jerusalem in 597 BCE. He invaded the Israelite Kingdom of Judah in 604 BCE, the fifth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar II became king of the Chaldean Empire in 605 BCE. ![]() "Pulses" in this context is often taken as "food grown from seed", including fruit, vegetables or lentils.ĭaniel refusing to eat at the king's table, early 1900s Bible illustration "Pulses" is used instead of "vegetables" in some translations. Instead, the diet consists only of vegetables and water. Description Īccording to those who encourage this form of fasting, the aim is to refrain from eating what are described in Daniel as "royal foods" including meats and wine. In addition to the practices of fasting and abstinence undertaken during the Daniel Fast, Christians may also add spiritual disciplines such as daily church attendance, increased prayer, as well as the reading of Sacred Scripture and a daily devotional. The passage in Chapter 10 refers to a three-week fast of no meat, wine, or rich food. After remaining healthy at the end of the 10-day period, they continued the vegetable diet for the three years of their education. The passage in Chapter 1 refers to a 10-day test wherein Daniel and others with him were permitted to eat vegetables and water to avoid the Babylonian king's food and wine. As such, evangelical Christian churches such as those of the Baptist tradition, have partaken in the fast at various times of the year. Among Catholic and Mainline Protestant Christians, the Daniel Fast has been practiced by some during the 40-day season of Lent, though the Daniel Fast can variously be set at three weeks, or even ten days. The fast is based on the lifelong kosher diet of the Jewish hero Daniel in the biblical Book of Daniel and the three-week mourning fast in which Daniel abstained from all meat and wine. The Daniel Fast, in Christianity, is a partial fast, in which meat, dairy, alcohol, and other rich foods are avoided in favor of vegetables and water in order to be more sensitive to God. Vegetables in a supermarket in the United States ![]()
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