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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