👨🏾🦱One king died and another, Cyrus of Persia, became the new king. Daniel had personal conversations with the king.
🍞The Great Bible says he ate “at the king’s table”. Traditionally, and sometimes culturally, when people eat together, it suggests a closer relationship, or the pursuit of one.
🧔🏾♀️Therefore, that very phrasing implies Daniel had a more personal relationship with the king than just conversing with him. The 1611 describes the king and Daniel’s bond as follows: Daniel did eat at the king’s table and was held in reverence above all his friends”.
✍🏾The Great Bible's wording better clarifies that Daniel was favored by the king more than any of the kings other friends as opposed to the 1611’s phraseology that may lead the reader to interpret the verse differently.
🧑🏾🦱That version could be understood to mean Daniel was more respected than his own (Daniel’s own) friends rather than the king respecting Daniel more than the king’s other friends, as the Great Bible seems to indicate. It may not be that important of an issue, but where clarity is sought, the Great Bible seems to help here.
🧑🏾🤝🧑🏾Also, the Great Bible begins the book by immediately addressing the connection between Daniel and the king and makes no mention of one king dying and another becoming the new king. The only factors that knowledge may impact (one king dying and another becoming king) is, perhaps, that Cyrus was a new king and as such, he may have been inexperienced at the job of being king, which may account for some of his later actions. Also, specific names of kings and order of reign may be needed for historical purposes.
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