Daniel 1:19

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The king talked with them and none could compare with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king's service.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty when he started working for Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After he had left Pharaoh, Joseph traveled on an inspection tour throughout Egypt.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite (from Tishbe in Gilead), told Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, the one I serve, in the years to come there will not be any dew or rain unless I say so!”

Proverbs 22:29

If you see someone skilled in what they do, they'll work for kings and not for ordinary people.

Jeremiah 15:19

So this is what the Lord says: If you come back to me, I will take you back and you will serve me again. If what you talk about are worthwhile subjects and not nonsense, you will be my spokesman, Jeremiah. They must be the ones who follow you; you must not follow them.

Daniel 1:18

When their time of education ordered by the king was over, the chief eunuch brought all the young men before King Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 1:4

“They are to be young men without any physical defect who are good-looking,” he said. “They must be well-educated, quick to learn, have good insight, and be well able to serve in the king's palace and be taught the literature and language of Babylon.”

Daniel 1:5

The king also provided them with a daily allowance of the same kind of rich food and wine he was served. At the end of their three years of education they would enter the king's service.

Daniel 1:6

Among those chosen were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, from the tribe of Judah.

Daniel 1:7

The chief eunuch gave them new names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.

Daniel 2:13

The decree was issued. The wise men were about to be executed, and the king's men went looking for Daniel and his friends.

Daniel 3:29

Consequently I am issuing a decree that if anyone of any nation or language speaks disrespectfully about the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego they will be torn to pieces and their houses will be destroyed. There is no other God who is able to save like this!”