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Verse	Translation	Text
Da 1:6	Strong Concordance	Now among these were of the children [01121] of Judah [03063], Daniel [01840], Hananiah [02608], Mishael [04332], and Azariah [05838]:
	King James	Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
children of Judah--the most noble tribe, being that to which the "king's seed" belonged (compare Dan 1:3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

children of Judah--the most noble tribe, being that to which the "king's seed" belonged (compare Dan 1:3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Now among these were of the children of Judah - That is, these were a part of those who were selected. They are mentioned because they became so prominent in the transactions which are subsequently recorded in this book, and because they evinced such extraordinary virtue in the development of the principles in which they had been trained, and in the remarkable trials through which they were called to pass. It does not appear that they are mentioned here particularly on account of any distinction of birth or rank, for though they were among the noble and promising youth of the land, yet it is clear that others of the same rank and promise also were selected, Dan 1:3. The phrase "the children of Judah" is only another term to denote that they were Hebrews. They belonged to the tribe, or the kingdom of Judah. Daniel - This name (דניאל dânı̂yê'l) means properly "judge of God;" that is, one who acts as judge in the name of God. Why this name was given to him is not known. We cannot, however, fail to be struck with its appropriateness, as the events of his life showed. Nor is it known whether he belonged to the royal family, or to the nobles of the land, but as the selection was made from that class it is probable. Those who were at first carried into captivity were selected exclusively from the more elevated classes of society, and there is every reason to believe that Daniel belonged to a family of rank and consequence. The Jews say that he was of the royal family, and was descended from Hezekiah, and cite his history in confirmation of the prophecy addressed by Isaiah to that monarch, "Of thy sons which shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon," Isa 39:7. Compare Introduction Section I. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah - Of the rank and early history of these young men nothing is known. They became celebrated for their refusal to worship the golden image set up by Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 3:12, following.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Now among these were of the children of Judah - That is, these were a part of those who were selected. They are mentioned because they became so prominent in the transactions which are subsequently recorded in this book, and because they evinced such extraordinary virtue in the development of the principles in which they had been trained, and in the remarkable trials through which they were called to pass. It does not appear that they are mentioned here particularly on account of any distinction of birth or rank, for though they were among the noble and promising youth of the land, yet it is clear that others of the same rank and promise also were selected, Dan 1:3. The phrase "the children of Judah" is only another term to denote that they were Hebrews. They belonged to the tribe, or the kingdom of Judah.

Daniel - This name (דניאל dânı̂yê'l) means properly "judge of God;" that is, one who acts as judge in the name of God. Why this name was given to him is not known. We cannot, however, fail to be struck with its appropriateness, as the events of his life showed. Nor is it known whether he belonged to the royal family, or to the nobles of the land, but as the selection was made from that class it is probable. Those who were at first carried into captivity were selected exclusively from the more elevated classes of society, and there is every reason to believe that Daniel belonged to a family of rank and consequence. The Jews say that he was of the royal family, and was descended from Hezekiah, and cite his history in confirmation of the prophecy addressed by Isaiah to that monarch, "Of thy sons which shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon," Isa 39:7. Compare Introduction Section I.

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah - Of the rank and early history of these young men nothing is known. They became celebrated for their refusal to worship the golden image set up by Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 3:12, following.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Daniel deported 8 years before Ezekiel. (Kg2 24:1); (Kg2 24:2); (Ch2 36:5-7); (Jer 25:1); (Jer 52:12-30).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And Azariah - Probably all of the royal lineage of Judah.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Now among these - There were no doubt several noble youths from other provinces: but the four mentioned here were Jews, and are supposed to have all been of royal extraction.

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³ And the king [04428] spake [0559] unto Ashpenaz [0828] the master [07227] of his eunuchs [05631], that he should bring [0935] certain of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and of the king's [04410] seed [02233], and of the princes [06579];

¹² There are [0383] certain [01400] Jews [03062] whom [03487] thou hast set [04483] over [05922] the affairs [05673] of the province [04083] of Babylon [0895], Shadrach [07715], Meshach [04336], and Abednego [05665]; these [0479] men [01400], O king [04430], have [07761] not [03809] regarded [02942] thee [05922]: they serve [06399] not [03809] thy gods [0426], nor [03809] worship [05457] the golden [01722] image [06755] which thou hast set up [06966].

⁷ And of thy sons [01121] that shall issue [03318] from thee, which thou shalt beget [03205], shall they take away [03947]; and they shall be eunuchs [05631] in the palace [01964] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894].

¹² Now in the fifth [02549] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], which was the nineteenth [08672] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzaradan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], which served [05975] [06440] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], into Jerusalem [03389],
¹³ And burned [08313] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the king's [04428] house [01004]; and all the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and all the houses [01004] of the great [01419] men, burned [08313] he with fire [0784]:
¹⁴ And all the army [02428] of the Chaldeans [03778], that were with the captain [07227] of the guard [02876], brake down [05422] all the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] round about [05439].
¹⁵ Then Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carried away captive [01540] certain of the poor [01803] of the people [05971], and the residue [03499] of the people [05971] that remained [07604] in the city [05892], and those that fell away [05307], that fell [05307] to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the rest [03499] of the multitude [0527].
¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] left [07604] certain of the poor [01803] of the land [0776] for vinedressers [03755] and for husbandmen [03009].
¹⁷ Also the pillars [05982] of brass [05178] that were in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the bases [04350], and the brasen [05178] sea [03220] that was in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], the Chaldeans [03778] brake [07665], and carried [05375] all the brass [05178] of them to Babylon [0894].
¹⁸ The caldrons [05518] also, and the shovels [03257], and the snuffers [04212], and the bowls [04219], and the spoons [03709], and all the vessels [03627] of brass [05178] wherewith they ministered [08334], took they away [03947].
¹⁹ And the basons [05592], and the firepans [04289], and the bowls [04219], and the caldrons [05518], and the candlesticks [04501], and the spoons [03709], and the cups [04518]; that which was of gold [02091] in gold [02091], and that which was of silver [03701] in silver [03701], took [03947] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] away [03947].
²⁰ The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and twelve [08147] [06240] brasen [05178] bulls [01241] that were under the bases [04350], which king [04428] Solomon [08010] had made [06213] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without weight [04948].
²¹ And concerning the pillars [05982], the height [06967] of one [0259] pillar [05982] was eighteen [08083] [06240] cubits [0520]; and a fillet [02339] of twelve [08147] [06240] cubits [0520] did compass [05437] it; and the thickness [05672] thereof was four [0702] fingers [0676]: it was hollow [05014].
²² And a chapiter [03805] of brass [05178] was upon it; and the height [06967] of one [0259] chapiter [03805] was five [02568] cubits [0520], with network [07639] and pomegranates [07416] upon the chapiters [03805] round about [05439], all of brass [05178]. The second [08145] pillar [05982] also and the pomegranates [07416] were like unto these.
²³ And there were ninety [08673] and six [08337] pomegranates [07416] on a side [07307]; and all the pomegranates [07416] upon the network [07639] were an hundred [03967] round about [05439].
²⁴ And the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] Seraiah [08304] the chief [07218] priest [03548], and Zephaniah [06846] the second [04932] priest [03548], and the three [07969] keepers [08104] of the door [05592]:
²⁵ He took [03947] also out of the city [05892] an [0259] eunuch [05631], which had the charge [06496] of the men [0582] of war [04421]; and seven [07651] men [0582] of them that were near [07200] the king's [04428] person [06440], which were found [04672] in the city [05892]; and the principal [08269] scribe [05608] of the host [06635], who mustered [06633] the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and threescore [08346] men [0376] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], that were found [04672] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892].
²⁶ So Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] took [03947] them, and brought [03212] them to the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] to Riblah [07247].
²⁷ And the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] smote [05221] them, and put them to death [04191] in Riblah [07247] in the land [0127] of Hamath [02574]. Thus Judah [03063] was carried away captive [01540] out of his own land [0776].
²⁸ This is the people [05971] whom Nebuchadrezzar [05019] carried away captive [01540]: in the seventh [07651] year [08141] three [07969] thousand [0505] Jews [03064] and three [07969] and twenty [06242]:
²⁹ In the eighteenth [08083] [06240] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] he carried away captive [01540] from Jerusalem [03389] eight [08083] hundred [03967] thirty [07970] and two [08147] persons [05315]:
³⁰ In the three [07969] and twentieth [06242] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] carried away captive [01540] of the Jews [03064] seven [07651] hundred [03967] forty [0705] and five [02568] persons [05315]: all the persons [05315] were four [0702] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967].

¹ The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning all the people [05971] of Judah [03063] in the fourth [07243] year [08141] of Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063], that was the first [07224] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894];

⁵ Jehoiakim [03079] was twenty [06242] and five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] eleven [0259] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]: and he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430].
⁶ Against him came up [05927] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and bound [0631] him in fetters [05178], to carry [03212] him to Babylon [0894].
⁷ Nebuchadnezzar [05019] also carried [0935] of the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] to Babylon [0894], and put [05414] them in his temple [01964] at Babylon [0894].

² And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] against him bands [01416] of the Chaldees [03778], and bands [01416] of the Syrians [0758], and bands [01416] of the Moabites [04124], and bands [01416] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and sent [07971] them against Judah [03063] to destroy [06] it, according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] by [03027] his servants [05650] the prophets [05030].

¹ In his days [03117] Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] came up [05927], and Jehoiakim [03079] became his servant [05650] three [07969] years [08141]: then he turned [07725] and rebelled [04775] against him.