# Daniel 1:10

> 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

## When

- 605 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Daniel 1:1 dates itself by the third year of Jehoiakim; the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5) puts Nebuchadnezzar's first campaign in the Levant in 605 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II

## See also

- Matthew 6:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/6/16

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/10
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).