Daniel 1:5-7

The Voice

⁵ As part of their assimilation into Babylonian court life, the king offered them a daily portion of food and wine from his own table. They were to be educated for three years before serving in the king’s court. ⁶ From among Judah’s exiles, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were selected. ⁷ Ashpenaz, chief of the royal eunuchs, gave them Babylonian names to signify their new identities in a foreign place: Daniel he renamed Belteshazzar; Hananiah, Shadrach; Mishael, Meshach; and Azariah, Abed-nego.