Daniel 1:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ God gave these four ·young men [children; youths] ·wisdom [knowledge] and ·the ability to learn many things that people had written and studied [insight into wisdom and literature]. Daniel could also understand visions and dreams.

¹⁸ At the end of the ·time [^Ldays] ·set for them by the king [^Lwhich the king said to bring them; v. 5], ·Ashpenaz [^Lthe chief officer/or of the eunuchs] brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁹ The king talked to them and found that none of the young men were ·as good as [^Llike] Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So ·those four young men became the king’s servants [^Lthey stood before the king].