# Daniel 01 đź“–
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## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Daniel Finds Favor in Babylon
[[#Verse 01.]] In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem and laid it under siege.Â
[[#Verse 02.]] Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.
[[#Verse 03.]] The king commanded Ashpenaz, who was in charge of his court officials, to choose some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent—Â
[[#Verse 04.]] young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated and having keen insight, and who were capable of entering the king’s royal service—and to teach them the literature and language of the Babylonians.Â
[[#Verse 05.]] So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service.Â
[[#Verse 06.]] As it turned out, among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.Â
[[#Verse 07.]] But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego.
[[#Verse 08.]] But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.Â
[[#Verse 09.]]Â Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.Â
[[#Verse 10.]] But he responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? If that happened, you would endanger my life with the king!”Â
[[#Verse 11.]] Daniel then spoke to the warden whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:Â
[[#Verse 12.]] “Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink.Â
[[#Verse 13.]] Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; deal with us in light of what you see.”Â
[[#Verse 14.]] So the warden agreed to their proposal and tested them for ten days.
[[#Verse 15.]] At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.Â
[[#Verse 17.]] Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom—and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
[[#Verse 18.]] When the time appointed by the king arrived, the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.Â
[[#Verse 19.]] When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.Â
[[#Verse 20.]]0 In every matter of wisdom and insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king.
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