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Nebuchadnezzar took the utensils to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put them in the temple treasury.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The king told Ashpenaz, the chief-of-staff, to bring some of the Israelites, the royal family, and the nobility. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They were to be young men who were healthy, good-looking, knowledgeable in all subjects, well-informed, intelligent, and able to serve in the king's palace. They were to be taught the language and literature of the Babylonians. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The king arranged for them to get a daily allowance of the king's rich food and wine. They were to be trained for three years. After that, they were to serve the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Among these young men were some Judeans: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The chief-of-staff gave them [Babylonian] names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar. To Hananiah he gave the name Shadrach. To Mishael he gave the name Meshach. And to Azariah he gave the name Abednego.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Daniel made up his mind not to harm himself by eating the king's rich food and drinking the king's wine. So he asked the chief-of-staff for permission not to harm himself in this way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God made the chief-of-staff kind and compassionate toward Daniel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The chief-of-staff told Daniel, "I'm afraid of my master, the king. The king determined what you should eat and drink. If he sees that you look worse than the other young men your age, he would have my head cut off." <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The chief-of-staff put a supervisor in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Daniel said to the supervisor, <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"Please test us for ten days. Give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then compare us to the young men who are eating the king's rich food. Decide how to treat us on the basis of how we look."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The supervisor listened to them about this matter and tested them for ten days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>After ten days they looked healthier and stronger than the young men who had been eating the king's rich food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the supervisor took away the king's rich food and wine and gave them vegetables.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>God gave these four men knowledge, wisdom, and the ability to understand all kinds of literature. Daniel could also understand all kinds of visions and dreams.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>At the end of the three-year training period, the chief-of-staff brought all the young men to Nebuchadnezzar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The king talked to them and found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah among all of them. So these four men served the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Whenever the king asked them about things that required wisdom and insight, he found that they knew ten times more than all the magicians and psychics in his whole kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Daniel served the royal palace until the first year of King Cyrus [of Persia].</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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