Dan 1:1-7 | NASB1995 | STEP | In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah , Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

Daniel 1:1-7

1 In the third year of the reign of ^aJehoiakim king of Judah, ^bNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The ^cLord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the ^dvessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of ^eShinar, to the house of his ^{▼▼ Or gods}god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his ^{▼▼ Or gods
,} ^hgod.

3 Then the king ^{▼▼ Or said to}ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his ^{▼▼ Or eunuchs, and so throughout the ch}officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the ^{▼▼ Lit seed of the}royal ^lfamily and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom was ^mno defect, who were good-looking, showing ⁿintelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for ^{▼▼ Lit standing}serving in the king’s ^{▼▼ Lit palace}court; and he ordered him to teach them the ^{▼▼ Or writing}literature and ^rlanguage of the ^sChaldeans. 5 The king appointed for them a daily ration from the ^tking’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be ^{▼▼ Or reared}educated three years, at the end of which they were to ^{▼▼ Lit stand before the king
,} ^wenter the king’s personal service. 6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were ^xDaniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name ^yBelteshazzar, to Hananiah ^zShadrach, to Mishael ^aaMeshach and to Azariah ^abAbed-nego.