Daniel 1

Daniel Taken to Babylon

1 In the third year of *2 Kgs. 24:1,2;2 Chr. 36:6the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of *ch. 5:2;2 Kgs. 24:13;2 Chr. 36:7,10;[Jer. 27:18] the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to *Gen. 11:2;Zech. 5:11the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, *2 Chr. 36:7;Ezra 5:14and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, *[2 Kgs. 20:18;Isa. 39:7] his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family*1:3 Hebrew of the seed of the kingdom and of *Esth. 1:3the nobility, 4 youths without *[Lev. 24:19,20;2 Sam. 14:25] blemish, of good appearance and *[ver. 17; ch. 9:22] skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to *[Isa. 47:10] teach them the literature and language of the *ch. 2:2,4,5,10;3:8;4:7;5:7,11Chaldeans. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion of *ch. 11:26the food that the king ate, and of *ver. 8, 16the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for *[ver. 18] three years, and at the end of that time they were to *[ch. 2:2;1 Kgs. 10:8]; See Gen. 41:46stand before the king. 6 Among these were *Ezek. 14:14,20;Matt. 24:15Daniel, *ch. 2:17Hananiah, *ch. 2:17Mishael, and *ch. 2:17Azariah of the tribe of Judah.