Daniel 1:4

4 youths without 1blemish, of good appearance and 2skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to 3teach them the literature and language of the 4Chaldeans.

Daniel 1:4 In-Context

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.
3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility,
4 youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
5 The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king.
6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah.

Cross References 4

  • 1. [Leviticus 24:19, 20; 2 Samuel 14:25]
  • 2. [ver. 17; Daniel 9:22]
  • 3. [Isaiah 47:10]
  • 4. Daniel 2:2, 4, 5, 10; Daniel 3:8; Daniel 4:7; Daniel 5:7, 11
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