Daniel 1:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ So the ·guard [or attendant; steward] took away the king’s special food and wine, feeding them vegetables instead.

¹⁷ God gave these four ·young men [children; youths] ·wisdom [knowledge] and ·the ability to learn many things that people had written and studied [insight into wisdom and literature]. Daniel could also understand visions and dreams.

¹⁸ At the end of the ·time [^Ldays] ·set for them by the king [^Lwhich the king said to bring them; v. 5], ·Ashpenaz [^Lthe chief officer/or of the eunuchs] brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar.