Daniel 9:1New American Standard Bible 2020In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans— See the chapter |
youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to serve in the king’s court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.