Daniel 1:1-3

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1} In the third year of the reign of ^(A)Jehoiakim king of Judah, ^(B)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. ^{Tools
2} The ^(C)Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the ^(D)vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of ^(E)Shinar, to the house of his ^(a)god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his ^(b)^(F)god.

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3} Then the king ^(c)ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his ^(d)officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the ^(e)royal ^(G)family and of the nobles,

Footnotes:

a. Daniel 1:2: ['Or ', gods]

b. Daniel 1:2: ['Or ', gods]

c. Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', said to]

d. Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', eunuchs, ', and so throughout the ch']

e. Daniel 1:3: ['Lit ', seed of the]

Cross references:

B. Daniel 1:1: Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:28-30

C. Daniel 1:2: Isaiah 42:24; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38

D. Daniel 1:2: Jeremiah 27:19; Jeremiah 27:20; Daniel 5:2

E. Daniel 1:2: Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2; Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 5:11

F. Daniel 1:2: Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44

G. Daniel 1:3: Isaiah 39:7