Events now had Daniel in their iron grip. Sooner or later, he would have to make a difficult decision, and he knew where the battle would be joined. The name thing was not nearly so critical as the matter of the meat provided to them from the king’s own kitchens. To eat meat proscribed by the Mosaic Law, meat moreover from idols’ temples, ran directly counter to the divine command. There could be no compromise. Others might bow to expediency, but Daniel was made of sterner