Daniel 1:3-7
3 Then the king (a)ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his (b)officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the (c)royal (A)family and of the nobles,
4 youths in whom was (B)no defect, who were good-looking, showing (C)intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for (d)serving in the king’s (e)court; and he ordered him to teach them the (f)literature and (D)language of the (E)Chaldeans.
5 The king appointed for them a daily ration from the (F)king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be (g)educated three years, at the end of which they were to (h)(G)enter the king’s personal service.
6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were (H)Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name (I)Belteshazzar, to Hananiah (J)Shadrach, to Mishael (K)Meshach and to Azariah (L)Abed-nego.
Footnotes:
a.
Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', said to]
b.
Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', eunuchs, ', and so throughout the ch']
c.
Daniel 1:3: ['Lit ', seed of the]
d.
Daniel 1:4: ['Lit ', standing]
e.
Daniel 1:4: ['Lit ', palace]
f.
Daniel 1:4: ['Or ', writing]
g.
Daniel 1:5: ['Or ', reared]
h.
Daniel 1:5: ['Lit ', stand before the king]
Cross references:
E.
Daniel 1:4:
Daniel 2:2; Daniel 2:4; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 2:10; Daniel 3:8; Daniel 4:7; Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:11; Daniel 5:30; Daniel 9:1
F.
Daniel 1:5:
Daniel 1:8