Kungen bestämde åt dem en viss tilldelning för var dag av sin egen mat och av det vin han själv drack. Han befallde att man skulle lära upp dem i tre år för att de därefter skulle tjänstgöra hos kungen.

Bland dessa var Daniel, Hananja, Misael och Asarja av Juda stam. Men förste hovmarskalken gav dem andra namn. Daniel kallade han Beltesassar, Hananja Sadrak, Misael Mesak och Asarja Abed-Nego.

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The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine(A) from the king’s table.(B) They were to be trained for three years,(C) and after that they were to enter the king’s service.(D)

Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel,(E) Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.(F) The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar;(G) to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.(H)

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And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

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