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PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem and surrounded the city to cut off all supplies to it.
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2 The Lord gave Nebuchadnezzar victory over Jehoiakim king of Judah, and he gave him some of the sacred objects from the house of God. He brought them into the land of Babylonia, to the house of his god, and he placed the sacred objects in his god's treasury.
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3 The king spoke to Ashpenaz, his chief official, to bring in some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility—
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4 young men without blemish, attractive in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, filled with knowledge and understanding, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the Babylonians' literature and language.
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5 The king counted out for them a daily portion of his delicacies and some of the wine that he drank. These young men were to be trained for three years, and after that, they would serve the king.
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6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, some of the people of Judah.
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7 The chief official gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.
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8 But Daniel intended in his mind that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicacies or with the wine that he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official that he might not pollute himself.
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9 Now God gave Daniel favor and compassion through the respect that the chief official had for him.
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10 The chief official said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my master the king. He has commanded what food and drink you should have. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men of your own age? The king might have my head because of you.”
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11 Then Daniel spoke to the steward whom the chief official had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
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12 He said, “Please test us, your servants, for ten days. Give us only some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
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13 Then compare our appearance with the appearance of the young men who eat the king's delicacies, and treat us, your servants, based on what you see.”
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14 So the steward agreed with him to do this, and he tested them for ten days.
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15 At the end of ten days their appearance was more healthy, and they were better nourished, than all the young men who ate the king's delicacies.
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16 So the steward took away their delicacies and their wine and gave them only vegetables.
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17 As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and insight in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel could understand all kinds of visions and dreams.
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18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
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19 The king spoke with them, and among the whole group there were none to compare with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. They stood before the king, ready to serve him.
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20 In every question of wisdom and understanding that the king asked them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and those who claimed to speak with the dead, who were in his entire kingdom.
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21 Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus.
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  • Abednego

    Daniel's friend

    Azariah, a young man of Judah renamed Abednego, who was thrown into the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Meshach.

    Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49

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  • Ashpenaz

    Chief of the court officials

    The chief of Nebuchadnezzar's court officials ordered to bring in Israelite youths of royal and noble family to be trained.

    Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:3

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  • Daniel

    Exile and interpreter in Babylon

    A young man of Judah taken to Babylon, renamed Belteshazzar, who interpreted dreams and visions and served the kings of Babylon and Persia.

    Cited in the guide: Ezekiel 14:14; Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7

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  • Melzar

    Steward over Daniel and friends

    The steward set by the chief official over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, to whom Daniel proposed a ten-day test.

    Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:16

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  • Meshach

    Daniel's friend

    Mishael, a young man of Judah renamed Meshach, who was thrown into the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Abednego.

    Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49

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  • Shadrach

    Daniel's friend

    Hananiah, a young man of Judah renamed Shadrach, set over the affairs of Babylon with Meshach and Abednego, who was thrown into the fiery furnace.

    Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49

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Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Chronicles 36:5–7; 2 Kings 24:1–2; 2 Kings 24:13
  2. 2 2 Chronicles 36:7; Zechariah 5:11; Jeremiah 27:19–20; Deuteronomy 32:30; Genesis 11:2
  3. 3 Isaiah 39:7; 2 Kings 20:17–18; 2 Kings 24:15; Jeremiah 41:1
  4. 4 Acts 7:22; Daniel 5:11; Proverbs 22:29; 2 Samuel 14:25; Daniel 1:17–20
  5. 5 Daniel 1:19; 1 Kings 10:8; Daniel 1:8; 2 Chronicles 9:7; Luke 11:3
  6. 6 Ezekiel 14:14; Matthew 24:15; Ezekiel 14:20; Daniel 2:17; Mark 13:14
  7. 7 Daniel 5:12; Daniel 4:8; Daniel 2:49; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 23:34
  8. 8 Psalm 141:4; Ezekiel 4:13–14; Leviticus 11:45–47; 1 Corinthians 10:18–21; 1 Corinthians 7:37
  9. 9 Genesis 39:21; Psalm 106:46; Proverbs 16:7; 1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 2:4
  10. 10 Matthew 6:16–18; John 12:42–43; Proverbs 29:25
  11. 12 Romans 14:2; Daniel 1:16; Deuteronomy 8:3; Genesis 1:29–30
  12. 15 Exodus 23:25; Proverbs 10:22; Haggai 1:6; Matthew 4:4; 2 Kings 4:42–44
  13. 16 Daniel 1:12
  14. 17 1 Kings 3:12; James 1:5; Job 32:8; Daniel 2:21; Daniel 2:23
  15. 18 Daniel 1:5
  16. 19 Daniel 1:5; Genesis 41:46; Proverbs 22:29; 1 Kings 17:1; Jeremiah 15:19
  17. 20 Isaiah 47:12–14; 1 Kings 4:29–34; Exodus 8:19; Genesis 41:8; 1 Kings 10:1–3
  18. 21 Daniel 6:28; Daniel 10:1

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences