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Daniel 1:2-4
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2 (A)The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the temple of God, which he carried off to the land of Shinar[a] and placed in the temple treasury of his god.

3 The king told Ashpenaz,[b] his chief chamberlain, to bring in some of the Israelites, some of the royal line and of the nobility. 4 They should be young men without any defect, handsome, proficient in wisdom, well informed, and insightful, such as could take their place in the king’s palace; he was to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

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  1. 1:2 Shinar: ancient name for Babylonia, a deliberate archaism in this text; cf. Gn 10:10; 11:2.
  2. 1:3 The proper name Ashpenaz is sometimes taken as a title, major-domo.
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