Daniel 1:4
“Children in whom was no blemish , but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Children in whom was no blemish,.... Not mere children, but young men of fifteen or twenty years of age; about which age…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Children in whom was no blemish - The word rendered “children” in this place (ילדים yelâdı̂ym) is different from that…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Children - ילדים yeladim, youths, young men; and so the word should be rendered throughout this book.
Skilled in all…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Daniel 1:1-7
We have in these verses an account,
I. Of the first descent which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
children youths (R.V.).
blemish here of physical imperfection, as Lev 21:17-18, &c.
well favoured An archaistic English…
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