Daniel 1:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The king told Ashpenaz, his chief chamberlain, to bring in some of the Israelites, some of the royal line and of the nobility.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:15

He deported Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, his wives, his functionaries, and the chiefs of the land he led captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Isaiah 39:6

The time is coming when all that is in your house, everything that your ancestors have stored up until this day, shall be carried off to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own descendants, your progeny, shall be taken and made attendants in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month, Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of royal descent, one of the king’s nobles, came with ten men to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. While they were together at table in Mizpah,

Deuteronomy 28:41

Though you beget sons and daughters, they will not remain with you, for they will go into captivity.