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To: US Navy Vet; juliosevero

“Eunuchs were castrated men who worked in the palaces of some countries. Daniel, the prophet in the Bible, had been brought as a young man to the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. There, he was castrated to work as a eunuch.” HUGE RED BS Flag on this one! PROVE IT! USE KJV only.

Exactly.

I've never read that before in the bible, I would also like to see the sourcing.

17 posted on 11/26/2013 12:24:27 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)

Maybe it is understood that Daniel was castrated and not specifically stated.

18 posted on 11/26/2013 12:37:15 PM PST by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs are flirting with Christie, but it's Jebbie's turn!" to LOSE!)

To: SoConPubbie; US Navy Vet

There is ancient evidence that Daniel was a eunuch. See Josephus:

“But now Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, took some of the most noble of the Jews that were children, and the kinsmen of Zedekiah their king, such as were remarkable for the beauty of their bodies, and the comeliness of their countenances, and delivered them into the hands of tutors, and to the improvement to be made by them. He also made some of them to be EUNUCHS . . . Now among these there were four of the family of Zedekiah, of most excellent dispositions, one of whom was called Daniel, another was called Ananias, another Misael, and the fourth Azarias; and the King of Babylon changed their names, and commanded that they should make use of other names.

Daniel he (the King) called Baltasar; Ananias, Shadrach; Misael, Meshach; and Azarias, Abednego. These the King had in esteem, and continued to love, because of the very excellent temper they were of, and because of their application to learning, and the progress they had made in wisdom.” (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 10, Chapter 10, first paragraph)