Unknown Story

In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem and surrounded the city.

The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles, some young men of the royal family and of the noble families. He taught them to read and write and after three years of this training, they were to appear before the king.

The same night Belshazzar, the king of Babylonia, was killed; and Darius the Mede, who was then sixty-two years old, seized the royal power.

Darius issued an order and enforced it strictly. He gave orders saying that for thirty days no one would be permitted to request anything from any god or from any human being except from Your Majesty. Anyone who violates this order is to be thrown into a pit filled with lions.

In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem and surrounded the city.

The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles, some young men of the royal family and of the noble families. He taught them to read and write and after three years of this training, they were to appear before the king.

The same night Belshazzar, the king of Babylonia, was killed; and Darius the Mede, who was then sixty-two years old, seized the royal power.

Darius issued an order and enforced it strictly. He gave orders saying that for thirty days no one would be permitted to request anything from any god or from any human being except from Your Majesty. Anyone who violates this order is to be thrown into a pit filled with lions.