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Daniel’s Development in the King’s Court
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand and some of[fn] of the utensils of the temple of God,[fn] and he brought themto the land of Shinar to the temple of his gods, and he brought the utensils to the treasury[fn] of his gods.
3 And the king ordered[fn] Ashpenaz, the commander of his court officials, to bringsome of the Israelites[fn] fromthe royal family[fn] and from the lords,[fn] 4 youths who have no physical defect,[fn] andwho are handsome,[fn] andwho are prudent[fn] in all wisdom andendowed with knowledge,[fn] andwho understand insight, and who have the ability[fn] in them to serve in the palace of the king.And the king ordered him to teach them the literature and the language of the Chaldeans. 5 And the king assigned to them his daily portion[fn] from the fine food of the king, and fromthe wine that he drank,[fn] andinstructed that they were to be educated for three years.[fn] And at the endof their training, they were to be stationed[fn]before[fn] the king. 6 Now there was among them from the Judeans,[fn] Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 And the commander of the court officials gave them names, and he called Daniel, Belteshazzar; and Hananiah, Shadrach; and Mishael, Meshach; and Azariah, Abednego.
?:? Literally “from the end/extremity/limits”
?:? Hebrew “the God”
?:? Literally “the house of the treasury”
?:? Literally “said to”
?:? Literally “from the sons/children of Israel”
?:? Literally “from the seed of the kingship”
?:? Or “nobles”
?:? Literally “there is not in them any physical defect”
?:? Literally “good/pleasing of appearance”
?:? Or “insightful”
?:? Literally “who have knowledge of knowledge”
?:? Literally “strength”
?:? Literally “the portion of the day on its day”
?:? Literally “the wine of his drink”
?:? Literally “and to be educated them years three”
?:? Literally “they would stand”
?:? Literally “to the face of”
?:? Literally “from the children of Judah”