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And when the king returned to Babylonia,<a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.1.2!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> he put these things in the temple of his own god.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.3" class="v27_1_3">3</span>One day the king ordered Ashpenaz, his highest palace official, to choose some young men from the royal family of Judah and from other leading Jewish families. </span><span class="v27_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.4" class="v27_1_4">4</span>The king said, “They must be healthy, handsome, smart, wise, educated, and fit to serve in the royal palace. Teach them how to speak and write our language </span><span class="v27_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.5" class="v27_1_5">5</span>and give them the same food and wine that I am served. Train them for three years, and then they can become court officials.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.6" class="v27_1_6">6</span>Four of the young Jews chosen were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, all from the tribe of Judah. </span><span class="v27_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.7" class="v27_1_7">7</span>But the king's chief official gave them Babylonian names: Daniel became Belteshazzar, Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.8" class="v27_1_8">8</span>Daniel made up his mind to eat and drink only what God had approved for his people to eat. And he asked the king's chief official for permission not to eat the food and wine served in the royal palace. </span><span class="v27_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.9" class="v27_1_9">9</span>God had made the official friendly and kind to Daniel. </span><span class="v27_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.10" class="v27_1_10">10</span>But the man still told him, “The king has decided what you must eat and drink. And I am afraid he will kill me, if you eat something else and end up looking worse than the other young men.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.11" class="v27_1_11">11</span>The king's official had put a guard in charge of Daniel and his three friends. So Daniel said to the guard, </span><span class="v27_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.12" class="v27_1_12">12</span>“For the next ten days, let us have only vegetables and water at mealtime. </span><span class="v27_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.13" class="v27_1_13">13</span>When the ten days are up, compare how we look with the other young men, and decide what to do with us.” </span><span class="v27_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.14" class="v27_1_14">14</span>The guard agreed to do what Daniel had asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.15" class="v27_1_15">15</span>Ten days later, Daniel and his friends looked healthier and better than the young men who had been served food from the royal palace. </span><span class="v27_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.16" class="v27_1_16">16</span>After this, the guard let them eat vegetables instead of the rich food and wine.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.17" class="v27_1_17">17</span>God made the four young men smart and wise. They read a lot of books and became well educated. Daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.18" class="v27_1_18">18</span>At the end of the three-year period set by King Nebuchadnezzar, his chief palace official brought all the young men to him. </span><span class="v27_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.19" class="v27_1_19">19</span>The king interviewed them and discovered that none of the others were as outstanding as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they were given positions in the royal court. </span><span class="v27_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.20" class="v27_1_20">20</span>From then on, whenever the king asked for advice, he found their wisdom was ten times better than that of any of his other advisors and magicians. </span><span class="v27_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.1.21" class="v27_1_21">21</span>Daniel served there until the first year of King Cyrus.<a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.1.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jehoiakim … king of Judah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Ruled 609–598 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Babylonia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Shinar,” another name for Babylonia.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">first year of King Cyrus: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">539 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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