d 2 Kin 24:15; Is 39:7
e 2 Sam 14:25
f Dan 1:17
j Is 36:11; Jer 5:15; Dan 2:4
k Dan 2:2, 4, 5, 10; 3:8; 4:7; 5:7, 11, 30; 9:1
l Dan 1:8
o 1 Sam 16:22; Dan 1:19
p Ezek 14:14, 20; 28:3; Matt 24:15
q Dan 2:26; 4:8; 5:12
r Dan 2:49; 3:12
s Dan 2:49; 3:12
t Dan 2:49; 3:12

Daniel 1:3-7

3Then 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 dfamily and of the nobles, 4youths in whom was eno defect, who were good-looking, showing fintelligence 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 jlanguage of the kChaldeans. 5The king appointed for them a daily ration from the lking’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
 , oenter the king’s personal service. 6Now among them from the sons of Judah were pDaniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name qBelteshazzar, to Hananiah rShadrach, to Mishael sMeshach and to Azariah tAbed-nego.
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