Daniel 1:4

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2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with ^asome of the articles of the house of God, which he carried ^binto the land of Shinar to the house of his god; ^cand he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.

3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring ^asome of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles,

4 young men ^ain whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and ^bwhom they might teach the language and¹ literature of the Chaldeans.

5 And the king appointed for them a daily provision of the king’s delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and three years of training for them, so that at the end of that time they might ^aserve before the king.

6 Now from among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

7 ^aTo them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: ^bhe gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego.

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Adam Clarke

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Daniel 1:4

Children - yeladim , youths, young men; and so the word should be rendered throughout this book.

Skilled in all wisdom - Rather, persons capable of every kind of literary accomplishment, that they might be put under proper instruction. And as children of the blood and of the nobles mere most likely, from the care usually taken of their initiatory education, to profit most by the elaborate instruction here designed, the master of the eunuchs, the king' s chamberlain, was commanded to choose the youths in question out of such.

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