Daniel 1:3

Good News Translation

The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles some young men of the royal family and of the noble families.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as a prisoner, together with Jehoiachin's mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of Judah.

Isaiah 39:6

a time is coming when everything in your palace, everything that your ancestors have stored up to this day, will be carried off to Babylonia. Nothing will be left.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own direct descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia.”

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month of that year, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a member of the royal family and one of the king's chief officers, went to Mizpah with ten men to see Governor Gedaliah. While they were all eating a meal together,

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, because they will be taken away as prisoners of war.