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Daniel Taken to Babylon
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|Daniel 1:1| In the third year of a the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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|Daniel 1:2| And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of b the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to c the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, d and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.
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|Daniel 1:3| Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, e his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family 1 and of f the nobility,
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|Daniel 1:4| youths without g blemish, of good appearance and h skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to i teach them the literature and language of the j Chaldeans.
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|Daniel 1:5| The king assigned them a daily portion of k the food that the king ate, and of l the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for m three years, and at the end of that time they were to n stand before the king.
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|Daniel 1:6| Among these were o Daniel, p Hananiah, q Mishael, and r Azariah of the tribe of Judah.
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|Daniel 1:7| And s the chief of the eunuchs t gave them names: u Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.
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Daniel's Faithfulness
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|Daniel 1:8| But Daniel v resolved that he would not w defile himself with x the king's food, or with y the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to z defile himself.
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|Daniel 1:9| a And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs,
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|Daniel 1:10| and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.”
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