Daniel 1:16

¹⁶ So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

2 Chronicles 36:7

⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

172. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 1 (1)

1-2 When the church among the Jewish nation had been destroyed, Babylon appropriated to herself all things pertaining to it. (2)

2-21 She wished to know all things of the church, and to acquire an understanding of them, and this was the beginning of Babylon. (2)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.