TALES CONCERNING DANIEL IN EXILE
Chs. 1-6 the tales establish Daniel's credibility as a righteous Jew whose God-given
wisdom enables him to overcome the challenges of exile and to point to God's redemption
of Jews from foreign domination.
Read Daniel 1.1-12 Four young Jews in the Babylonian court.
This tale establishes the theme of adherence to Jewish identity and practice by pointing to the success, wisdom, and good health of four young Jewish men who decline the delicacies
and wine of the Babylonian king in order to observe Jewish dietary laws.
In verses 1-2 the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim was 606 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar assumed the throne in 605 BCE, after he defeated Egypt and brought
Judah under his rule.
He besieged Jerusalem in 597 BCE during the reign of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24.1-16)
and again in 587 BCE during the regency of Zedikiah (2 Kings 25.1-7).
Shinar: the location of Babylon (Gen 10.10; 11.2; Zech 5.11).
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