Daniel Questions...

For those who don't know what's going on now with these questions, it's for our Community Group study on Daniel that we just started. Posting our questions (or lack of - FONG!) is something that we're trying to keep us accountable for going over the chapters before we meet.

Daniel 1 Qs:
1) Why would Daniel and Co. be defiling themselves by eating the royal food? Is it really not that good that it would endanger their well being. By them just eating vegggies and water set them apart for God? (1:8-17)

2) Seems like Daniel was in the king's court for awhile, till the first year of King Cyrus. How long would that be? (1:21)

Daniel 2 Qs:
3) After hearing the interpretation of the dream, does this really cause King Neb to come before God and recognizing He is the one true God, or does God get filed in with all the other gods like He's just another mystical/magical thing?

See you guys Monday night!