- 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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- 犹大王约雅敬在位第三年,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来到耶路撒冷,将城围困。
- 主将犹大王约雅敬,并神殿中器皿的几分交付他手。他就把这器皿带到示拿地,收入他神的庙里,放在他神的库中。
- 王吩咐太监长亚施毗拿,从以色列人的宗室和贵胄中带进几个人来,
- 就是年少没有残疾,相貌俊美,通达各样学问,知识聪明俱备,足能侍立在王宫里的,要教他们迦勒底的文字言语。
- 王派定将自己所用的膳和所饮的酒,每日赐他们一分,养他们三年。满了三年,好叫他们在王面前侍立。
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