³ Then the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his ^[a]officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the ^[b]royal ^(A)family and of the nobles, ⁴ youths in whom there was ^(B)no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for ^(C)instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to ^[c]serve in the king’s ^[d]court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the ^[e]literature and ^(D)language of the ^(E)Chaldeans. ⁵ The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the ^(F)king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to ^[f](G)enter the king’s personal service. ⁶ Now among them from the sons of Judah were ^(H)Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ⁷ Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name ^(I)Belteshazzar, to Hananiah ^(J)Shadrach, to Mishael ^(K)Meshach, and to Azariah ^(L)Abed-nego.