'Ate' in the Bible
Then compare how we look with the young men who ate the king's rich food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you observe."
At the end of ten days their appearance was better and their faces were well-nourished compared to the young men who ate the king's rich food.
He was driven away from human society and given the mind of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like cattle, and his body was soaked with dew from the sky until he realized that the Most High God is sovereign over human kingdoms and places over them whomever he desires.
I ate no fancy foods neither meat nor wine entered my mouth. Furthermore, I didn't use any ointment until the end of the entire three weeks.