Daniel 1:3

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The king told Ashpenaz, the chief-of-staff, to bring some of the Israelites, the royal family, and the nobility.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:15

He took Jehoiakin to Babylon as a captive. He also took the king’s mother, wives, eunuchs, and the leading citizens of the land from Jerusalem as captives to Babylon.

Isaiah 39:6

The Lord says, ‘The days are going to come when everything in your palace, everything your ancestors have stored up to this day, will be taken away to Babylon. Nothing will be left.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own descendants will be taken away. They will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month Ishmael (son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a descendant of the royal family and of the king’s officers) went with ten men to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate together at Mizpah,

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have sons and daughters, but you won’t be able to keep them because they will be taken as prisoners of war.