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18 When the training period ordered by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service. 20 Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

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18 And at the end of the time the king had set to bring them, the commander of the court officials brought them in before[a] Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them no one was found like[b] Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; then they stood before[c] the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired from them, he found them ten times better than all of the magicians[d] and conjurers[e] that were in his entire kingdom.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 1:18 Literally “to the face of”
  2. Daniel 1:19 Literally “and he was not found from all of them like”
  3. Daniel 1:19 Literally “to the face of”
  4. Daniel 1:20 Or “soothsayer-priests”
  5. Daniel 1:20 Or “enchanters”
  6. Daniel 1:20 Literally “in the whole of his kingdom”