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# Daniel #
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## Facts: ##
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Daniel was an Israelite prophet who as a young man was taken captive by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.
* This was during the time that many other Israelites from Judah were held captive in Babylon for 70 years.
* Daniel was given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar.
* Daniel was an honorable and righteous young man who obeyed God.
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* God enabled Daniel to interpret several dreams or visions for the Babylonian kings.
* Because of this ability and because of his honorable character, Daniel was given a high leadership position in the Babylonian empire.
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* Many years later, Daniels enemies tricked the Babylonian king Darius into making a law forbidding the worship of anyone except the king. Daniel continued to pray to God, so he was arrested and thrown into a den of lions. But God rescued him and he was not harmed at all.
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names ](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names ))
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(See also: [Babylon ](../other/babylon.md ), [Nebuchadnezzar ](../other/nebuchadnezzar.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Daniel 01:6-7 ](en/tn/dan/help/01/06 )
* [Daniel 05:29-31 ](en/tn/dan/help/05/29 )
* [Daniel 07:27-28 ](en/tn/dan/help/07/27 )
* [Ezekiel 14:12-14 ](en/tn/ezk/help/14/12 )
* [Matthew 24:15-18 ](en/tn/mat/help/24/15 )
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