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And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king"s meat.

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king"s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king"s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king"s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king"s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king"s seed, and of the princes;

And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.