In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2Ch 36:5-72Ki 24:1-22Ki 24:13 The Lord 1 gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God; 2 and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. He brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 2Ch 36:7Jer 27:19-20Zec 5:11Deu 32:30Deu 28:49-52Gen 10:10Gen 11:2Jdg 2:14
The king spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring 3 and of the nobles: Isa 39:72Ki 20:17-182Ki 24:15Jer 41:1 youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding science, and who had the ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans. Act 7:22Dan 5:11Pro 22:292Sa 14:25Dan 1:17-20Dan 2:10Dan 5:7Lev 21:18-21 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years, that at its end they should stand before the king. Dan 1:191Ki 10:8Dan 1:81Ki 4:22-231Sa 16:222Ch 9:72Ki 25:30Gen 41:46
Now among these of the children of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Ezk 14:14Dan 2:17Ezk 14:20Mat 24:15Ezk 28:3Mrk 13:14 The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. Dan 5:12Dan 4:8Dan 2:492Ki 23:342Ki 24:17Dan 1:3Dan 1:10-11Dan 2:26
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Psa 141:41Co 10:18-21Ezk 4:13-14Lev 11:45-471Co 7:37Psa 119:115Hos 9:3-41Co 8:7-10 Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. Gen 39:21Psa 106:461Ki 8:50Pro 16:7Neh 2:4Act 7:10Ezr 7:27-28Neh 1:11 The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.” Mat 6:16-18Jhn 12:42-43Pro 29:25
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: “Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. Rom 14:2Dan 1:16Deu 8:3Gen 1:29-30 Then let our faces be examined before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king’s delicacies; and as you see, deal with your servants.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies. Exo 23:25Pro 10:222Ki 4:42-44Hag 1:6Mat 4:4Deu 28:1-14Hag 1:9Mal 2:2 So the steward took away their delicacies and the wine that they were given to drink, and gave them vegetables. Dan 1:12
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 1Ki 3:12Jas 1:5Job 32:8Dan 2:21Dan 2:23Col 1:9Pro 2:6Psa 119:98-100
At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. Dan 1:5 The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. Dan 1:5Gen 41:46Pro 22:291Ki 17:1Jer 15:19 In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. 1Ki 4:29-34Exo 8:19Isa 47:12-14Gen 41:81Ki 10:1-31Ki 10:23-24Exo 7:22Exo 8:7
Daniel continued even to the first year of King Cyrus. Dan 6:28Dan 10:1