Daniel Captivity

Introduction In 605 B.C during Jehoiakim’s reign, the Babylonian’s king Nebuchadnezzar took Daniel and his friends as captives when he besieged Jerusalem. Daniel was taken captive because he fit in the standards, which the king was searching for: young men, good-looking and smart. During the time of captivity, Daniel, the author of the book of the Bible with the same name , writes about the dreams, visions and situations he passed in the course of the captivity. Indeed Daniel’s actions reflected the way he faced the situations; his actions showed how he feared and was obedient to God, even when he was placed in a room full of lions or into a furnace of blazing fire. The story of Daniel begins in the third year Jehoiakim’s reign when he was …show more content…
Nebuchadnezzar ordered that everyone must bow down at the sound of the horn, however Daniel and his friends declined the order and did not bow down to the statue. Daniel and his friends were accused of disobeying the king and thrown in a blazing furnace and once more Yahweh saved him and his friends lives. When Daniel was still at the furnace the king recognized the presence of a fourth person who looked “like a son of the gods”2. Daniel was being used by God to show to the king that Yahweh, was God and was the only god. One more time Daniel was called by Nebuchadnezzar to interpret the vision of a great tree because no one could understand it, hence, Daniel told the meaning to the king and then after the fulfillment Nebuchadnezzar worshiped and praised God, Yahweh. Incessantly, Daniel’s character was put to the test, but Daniel obeyed the laws of Yahweh and He showed favor to Daniel. Daniel was respected by the king and his court some situations like when Daniel asked to not to eat the food chosen of the king’s choice and Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, showed favor to him by allowing him to eat