3 The king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials,(a) to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family(A) and from the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom,(B) knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace(C)—and to teach them the Chaldean language(D) and literature.

Footnotes:

a. Daniel 1:3: Or his eunuchs

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