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Daniel 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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(cf. 2Ki 24:10–17 )
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1 - In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:3 - Then the king [fn]ordered 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for [fn]serving in the king’s [fn]court; and he ordered him to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be [fn]educated three years, at the end of which they were to [fn]enter the king’s personal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:6 - Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
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

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God granted Daniel [fn]favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit my head to the king.”
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,
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:13 - “Then let our appearance be [fn]observed 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - 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.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of [fn]literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:18 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:19 - The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they [fn]entered the king’s personal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - As for every matter of wisdom [fn]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the [fn]magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:21 - And Daniel [fn]continued until the first year of Cyrus the king.
NASB95 Footnotes
Or, gods
Or, said to
Or, eunuchs, and so throughout the chapter
Literally: seed of the
Literally: standing
Literally: palace
Or, writing
Or, reared
Literally: stand before the king
Literally: set upon his heart
Literally: lovingkindness
Literally: make my head guilty
Literally: seen
Literally: fat of flesh
Literally: take away
Or, writing
Literally: said
Literally: to bring them in
Literally: brought in
Literally: stood before the king
Literally: of
Or, soothsayer priests
Literally: was until
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