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The Prophet Daniel Healing Oil
The Prophet Daniel meaning “God is my Judge”; Greek: Δανιήλ Daniḗl) is the hero of the biblical Book of Daniel. A noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem, he is taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and serves the king and his successors with loyalty and ability until the time of the Persian conqueror Cyrus, all the while remaining true to the God of Israel.
Six cities claim the Tomb of Daniel, the most famous being that in Susa, in southern Iran, at a site known as Shush-e Daniyal. He is not a prophet in Judaism, but the rabbis reckoned him to be the most distinguished member of the Babylonian diaspora, unsurpassed in piety and good deeds.
Daniel (Dn’il, or Danel) is also the name of a figure in the Aqhat legend from Ugarit. (Ugarit a Canaanite city destroyed around 1200 BCE. The tablet containing the story dated c. 1360 BCE.) This legendary Daniel known for his righteousness and wisdom and a follower of the god El (hence his name).
The Book of Daniel begins with an introduction telling how Daniel and his companions came to be in Babylon, followed by a set of tales set in the Babylonian and Persian courts, followed in turn by a set of visions in which Daniel sees the remote future of the world and of Israel.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, Daniel and his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. The four chosen for their intellect and beauty to trained in the Babylonian court. And given new names. Daniel given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar romanized: Beltu-šar-uṣur, written as NIN9.LUGAL.ŠEŠ). While his companions given the Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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