ASHPENAZ, Intendant or Governour of King Nebuchadnezzar’s Eunuchs. He it was who changed the name of Daniel into that of Beltesbazzar, that of Hananiah into Shadrach, and that of Azariah into Dan. i. 6.Abednego. Daniel having formed a resolution to eat nothing dressed after the Gentile Manner, intreated Ashpenaz to permit him and his companions to be served with pulse only, and such provision as was allowed by the law of Moses. But Ashpenaz did not dare to suffer it, lest the King should perceive it by the meager air of their Countenances. Notwithstanding Melzar, whom Ashpenaz had appointed to be their Governour, privately gave them leave; and by the permission of God, this diet was so far from impairing their good complexions, that it rather encreased the strength and fulness of their persons.
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