Daniel 1:4

God's Word

They were to be young men who were healthy, good-looking, knowledgeable in all subjects, well-informed, intelligent, and able to serve in the king’s palace. They were to be taught the language and literature of the Babylonians.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). He left Pharaoh and traveled all around Egypt.

2 Samuel 14:25

Now, no one in all Israel was praised for his good looks as much as Absalom was. He had no blemish from head to toe.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve unknown people.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom will help a wise person more than ten rulers can help a city.

Isaiah 36:11

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, “Speak to us in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Judean language as long as there are people on the wall listening.”

Jeremiah 5:15

Nation of Israel, I’m going to bring a nation from far away to attack you, declares the Lord. It is a nation that has lasted a long time. It is an ancient nation. You don’t know the language of this nation. You can’t understand what its people say.

Daniel 2:10

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can tell the king what he asks. No other king, no matter how great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, psychic, or astrologer.

Daniel 2:2

The king sent for the magicians, psychics, sorcerers, and astrologers so that they could tell him what he had dreamed. So they came to the king.

Daniel 3:8

After that happened, some astrologers came forward and brought charges against the Jews.

Daniel 4:7

The magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers came to me. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t tell me its meaning.

Daniel 5:11

There’s a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your grandfather, he was found to have insight, good judgment, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your grandfather, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him head of the magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers.

Daniel 5:7

The king screamed for the psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers to be brought to him. He told these wise advisers of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me its meaning will be dressed in purple, wear a gold chain on his neck, and become the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 9:1

Xerxes’ son Darius, who was a Mede by birth, was made ruler of the kingdom of Babylon.

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited like an unwalled village because it will have so many people and animals in it.

Acts 7:20

“At that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful child. His parents took care of him for three months.

Acts 7:22

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did.

Ephesians 5:27

Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.

Judges 8:18

He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”