⁴ youths in whom there was ^(A)no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for ^(B)instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to ^[a]serve in the king’s ^[b]court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the ^[c]literature and ^(C)language of the ^(D)Chaldeans. ⁵ The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the ^(E)king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to ^[d](F)enter the king’s personal service. ⁶ Now among them from the sons of Judah were ^(G)Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.