And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.(Daniel 1:10)
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,(Daniel 1:11)
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.(Daniel 1:12)
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.(Daniel 1:14)
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.(Daniel 1:15)
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.(Daniel 1:16)
