1:1 | In the third year of the rule of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, shutting it in with his forces. |
1:2 | And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-house of his god. |
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1:6 | And among these there were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. |
1:7 | And the captain of the unsexed servants gave them names; to Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar, to Hananiah the name of Shadrach, to Mishael the name of Meshach, and to Azariah the name of Abed-nego. |
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1:9 | And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel. |
1:10 | And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy than the other young men of your generation? then you would have put my head in danger from the king. |
1:11 | Then Daniel said to the keeper in whose care the captain of the unsexed servants had put Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: |
1:12 | Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink. |
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1:14 | So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days. |
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1:16 | So the keeper regularly took away their meat and the wine which was to have been their drink, and gave them grain. |
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1:17 | Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams. |
1:18 | Now at the end of the time fixed by the king for them to go in, the captain of the unsexed servants took them in to Nebuchadnezzar. |
1:19 | And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king. |
1:20 | And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom. |
1:21 | And Daniel went on till the first year of King Cyrus. |