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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 Then at the end of the training period[a] that the king had established, the chief officer brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 When the king spoke to them, none of them compared to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah as they stood before the king. 20 In every matter of wisdom or understanding that the king discussed with[b] them, he found them ten times superior to all the astrologers and enchanters[c] in his entire palace.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 1:18 Lit. the days
  2. Daniel 1:20 Lit. king sought from
  3. Daniel 1:20 Or occult practitioners