3 Then the king (a)ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his (b)officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the (c)royal (A)family and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom was (B)no defect, who were good-looking, showing (C)intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for (d)serving in the king’s (e)court; and he ordered him to teach them the (f)literature and (D)language of the (E)Chaldeans.

Footnotes:

a. Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', said to]
b. Daniel 1:3: ['Or ', eunuchs, ', and so throughout the ch']
c. Daniel 1:3: ['Lit ', seed of the]
d. Daniel 1:4: ['Lit ', standing]
e. Daniel 1:4: ['Lit ', palace]
f. Daniel 1:4: ['Or ', writing]