Daniel 1:19

And the king communed with them,.... He asked them several questions upon the several articles of literature in which they had been educated, to try and see what proficiency they had made; he…

And the king communed with them - Hebrew, “spake with them.” Probably he conversed with them on the points which had constituted the principal subjects of their studies; or he “examined” them. It is…

And among them all - All the young noble captives from different nations.

Therefore stood they before the king - It appears that only four were wanting.

Concerning Daniel and his fellows we have here,

I. Their great attainments in learning, Dan 1:17. They were very sober and diligent, and studied hard; and we may suppose their tutors, finding them of…

communed talked. The Heb. word is the usual one for -speak," or -talk"; and nothing different from ordinary conversation is meant. -Commune" occurs elsewhere in A.V., R.V., for the same Heb. word, and…