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Daniel 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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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 Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - And the Lord handed Jehoiakim king of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his [fn]god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his [fn]god.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to [fn]serve in the king’s [fn]court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to [fn]enter the king’s personal service.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach, and to Azariah Abed-nego.

Daniel’s Resolve

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But Daniel [fn]made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might 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 - The commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has allotted your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking gaunt in comparison to the youths who are your own age? Then you would [fn]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 put your servants to the test 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 be [fn]examined in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

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So he listened to them in this matter, and put them to the test for ten days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - And at the end of ten days their appearance seemed better, and [fn]they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food.

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

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And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every kind of [fn]literature and expertise; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

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Then at the end of the days which the king had [fn]specified [fn]for presenting them, the commander of the officials [fn]presented them before Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - As for every matter of expertise [fn]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm.

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See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Or gods
Or gods
Or eunuchs, and so throughout the ch
Lit seed of the monarchy
Lit stand
Lit palace
Or writing
Lit stand before the king
Lit set upon his heart
Lit make my head guilty
Lit seen
Lit fat of flesh
Lit take away
Or writing
Lit said
Lit to bring them in
Lit brought them in
Lit stood before the king
Lit of
Lit was until
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Daniel Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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