Daniel 1:9-11

American Standard Version

⁹ Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. ¹⁰ And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king. ¹¹ Then said Daniel to ^[a]the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: