New American Standard Bible 1995
Daniel 1:3-5
3Then the king 1ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his 2officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the 3royal 4family and of the nobles,
4youths in whom was 5no defect, who were good-looking, showing 6intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for 7serving in the king’s 8court; and he ordered him to teach them the 9literature and 10language of the 11Chaldeans.
5The king appointed for them a daily ration from the 12king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be 13educated three years, at the end of which they were to 1415enter the king’s personal service.
Notes
- 1. Daniel 1:3 Or said to ↩
- 2. Daniel 1:3 Or eunuchs, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 3. Daniel 1:3 Lit seed of the ↩
- 4. Daniel 1:3 2 Kin 24:15; Is 39:7 ↩
- 5. Daniel 1:4 2 Sam 14:25 ↩
- 6. Daniel 1:4 Dan 1:17 ↩
- 7. Daniel 1:4 Lit standing ↩
- 8. Daniel 1:4 Lit palace ↩
- 9. Daniel 1:4 Or writing ↩
- 10. Daniel 1:4 Is 36:11; Jer 5:15; Dan 2:4 ↩
- 11. Daniel 1:4 Dan 2:2, 4, 5, 10; 3:8; 4:7; 5:7, 11, 30; 9:1 ↩
- 12. Daniel 1:5 Dan 1:8 ↩
- 13. Daniel 1:5 Or reared ↩
- 14. Daniel 1:5 Lit stand before the king ↩
- 15. Daniel 1:5 1 Sam 16:22; Dan 1:19 ↩
Commentaries on Daniel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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