The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family(A) and from the nobility— young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom,(B) knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace.(C) He was to teach them the Chaldean language(D) and literature.

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25 Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the Judean exiles(A) who can let the king know the interpretation.”

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