³ Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, ^(A)his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family^[a] and of ^(B)the nobility,

^18 (A)And some of your own sons, who shall be born to you, shall be taken away, ^(B)and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

^7 (A)And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”