Daniel 1:16-19
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16 So after that the steward fed them only vegetables and water, without the rich foods and wines!
17 God gave these four youths great ability to learn, and they soon mastered all the literature and science of the time; and God gave to Daniel special ability in understanding the meanings of dreams and visions.
18-19 When the three-year training period was completed, the superintendent brought all the young men to the king for oral exams, as he had been ordered to do. King Nebuchadnezzar had long talks with each of them, and none of them impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they were put on his regular staff of advisors.
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Daniel 1:16-18
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16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.(A)
17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding(B) of all kinds of literature and learning.(C) And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.(D)
18 At the end of the time(E) set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
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