³ The king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials,^[a] to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family^(A) and from the nobility— ⁴ 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)—and to teach them the Chaldean language^(D) and literature.

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.”