Daniel 1:19

1:19 When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group ¹  anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. ² 

Daniel 1:5

1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ³  from his royal delicacies ⁴  and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ⁵  for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ⁶ 

Daniel 1:4

1:4 young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, ⁷  well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated ⁸  and having keen insight, ⁹  and who were capable ¹⁰  of entering the king’s royal service ¹¹  – and to teach them the literature and language ¹²  of the Babylonians. ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “from all of them.”

² tn Heb “stood before the king.”

³ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

⁴ tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”

⁵ tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.

⁶ tn Heb “stand before the king.”

⁵ tn Heb “good of appearance.”

⁶ tn Heb “knowers of knowledge.”

⁷ tn Heb “understanders of knowledge.”

⁸ tn Heb “who had strength.”

⁹ tn Heb “to stand in the palace of the king.” Cf. vv. 5, 19.

¹⁰ sn The language of the Chaldeans referred to here is Akkadian, an East Semitic cuneiform language.

¹¹ tn Heb “Chaldeans” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). This is an ancient name for the Babylonians.