Daniel 1:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the king commanded his palace master Ashpenaz to bring some of the Israelites of the royal family and of the nobility:

Cross References

2 Kings 24:15

He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the elite of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Isaiah 39:6

Days are coming when all that is in your house and that which your ancestors have stored up until this day shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own sons who are born to you shall be taken away; they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 41:1

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,

Deuteronomy 28:41

You shall have sons and daughters, but they shall not remain yours, for they shall go into captivity.