- 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 kind 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.
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- 猶大王約雅敬在位第三年、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來到耶路撒冷、將城圍困。
- 主將猶大王約雅敬、並 神殿中器皿的幾分交付他手、他就把這器皿帶到示拿地、收入他神的廟裡、放在他神的庫中。
- 王吩咐太監長亞施毘拿、從以色列人的宗室和貴冑中、帶進幾個人來、
- 就是年少沒有殘疾、相貌俊美、通達各樣學問、知識聰明俱備、足能侍立在王宮裡的、要教他們迦勒底的文字言語。
- 王派定將自己所用的膳、和所飲的酒、每日賜他們一分、養他們三年.滿了三年、好叫他們在王面前侍立。
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