Daniel, Hananiaha, Mishael and Azariah

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
And the Lord delivered
Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand,
along with some of the articles from the temple of God.
These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia
and put in the treasure house of his god.

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz,
chief of his court officials,
to bring in some of the Israelites
from the royal family and the nobility --
young men without any physical defect,
handsome, showing aptitude for every king of learning,
well informed, quick to understand,
and qualified to serve in the king's palace.
He was to teach them the language
and literature of the Babylonians.
The king assigned them
a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table.
They were to be trained for three years,
and after that they were to enter the king's service.

Among these were some from Judah:
Daniel, Hananiaha, Mishael and Azariah.
The chief official gave them new names:
to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar;
to Hananiah, Shadrach;
to Mishael, Meshach;
and to Azariah, Abednego.

To these four young men
God gave knowledge and understanding
of all kinds of literature and learning.
And Daniel could understand
visions and dreams of all kinds.

And Daniel remained there
until the first year of King Cyrus.

(Daniel 1: 1-6, 17, 21)