Daniel 1:8

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But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Jerusalem was Judah’s covenant capital, from which Daniel had been taken after Babylon’s conquest. Babylon, in the land of Shinar (also called Chaldea) in southern Mesopotamia, was the imperial center where Daniel faced pressure to adopt royal pagan practices but resolved to remain faithful to God.

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Daniel 1:8 mentions Babylon, Chaldea, Jerusalem and Shinar.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13

Photo of Shinar — Shinar · Radomir Vrbovsky