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Daniel 1 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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The Choice Young Men

(cf. 2Ki 24:10–17 )

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In the third year of the reign of [fn]Jehoiakim king of Judah, [fn]Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of [fn]Shinar, to the house of his god, and brought the articles into the treasury of his god.

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And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his [fn]officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some from the royal family and from the nobles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - young men without blemish and handsome in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with intelligence and discernment, and quick to understand, competent to stand [in the presence of the king] and able to serve in the king’s palace. He also ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the [fn]Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king assigned a daily ration for them from his finest food and from the wine which he drank. They were to be educated and nourished this way for three years so that at the end of that time they were [prepared] to enter the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:6 - Among them from the sons of Judah were: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - The commander of the officials gave them [Babylonian] names: Daniel he named Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abed-nego.

Daniel’s Resolve

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But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile (taint, dishonor) himself with the [fn]king’s finest food or with the wine which the king drank; so he asked the commander of the officials that he might [be excused so that he would] not defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has prearranged your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the young men who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11 - But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - “Please, test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:13 - “Then let our appearance and the appearance of the young men who eat the king’s finest food be observed and compared by you, and deal with your servants in accordance with what you see.”

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So the man listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - At the end of ten days it seemed that they were looking better and [fn]healthier than all the young men who ate the king’s finest food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So the overseer continued to withhold their fine food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables.

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As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all kinds of literature and wisdom; Daniel also understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

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At the end of the time set by the king to bring all the young men in [before him], the commander of the officials presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:19 - The king spoke with them, and among them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were [selected and] assigned to stand before the king and enter his personal service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the [learned] magicians and enchanters (Magi) in his whole realm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:21 - And Daniel remained there until the [fn]first year of [the reign of] King Cyrus [over Babylon; now this was at the end of the seventy-year exile of Judah (the Southern Kingdom) in Babylonia, as foretold by Jeremiah].
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Pharaoh Neco had killed Josiah king of Judah and installed Eliakim (Josiah’s son) as a vassal ruler. Neco changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim and he ruled for eleven years (2 Chr 36:4, 5).
Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Dynasty, more commonly known as Nebuchadnezzar the Great, ruled Babylon from 605-562 B.C. He conquered Jerusalem in 597 B.C.
I.e. southern Babylonia.
Or eunuchs, and so throughout.
The Chaldeans dominated and ruled Babylonia from 625 B.C. until their empire fell in 539 B.C., but they were known as early as 1000 B.C. as an aggressive, tribal people in the southern region of Babylonia. They were highly skilled in both the science of astronomy and the pseudo-science of astrology. They kept meticulous records of celestial motion and correctly calculated the length of a year to within just a few minutes. Babylon, their capital city, was the center of trade and learning in the western part of Asia. The classical literature of the Chaldeans was written in cuneiform, but the common language, both written and spoken in Babylon, was Akkadian increasingly influenced by Aramaic.
The first portions of the food and wine would have been presented to idols before being served at the table.
Lit fat of flesh.
Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, ruled from 559-529 B.C. He conquered the Median (549 B.C.), the Lydian (546 B.C.), and the Neo-Babylonian (539 B.C.) kingdoms and formed the greatest empire the world had ever known. He returned a remnant of the Jewish population from Babylon to Jerusalem along with an edict to rebuild the temple.
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