⁸ Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.”

⁷ And ^(A)the chief of the eunuchs ^(B)gave them names: ^(C)Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.

Daniel's Faithfulness

⁸ But Daniel ^(D)resolved that he would not ^(E)defile himself with ^(F)the king's food, or with ^(G)the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to ^(H)defile himself.

³ Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, ^(A)his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family^[a] and of ^(B)the nobility,

^7 (A)And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

²⁵ And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon ^(A)the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, ²⁶ and say, ‘Thus says the king, ^(B)Put this fellow in prison and feed him with meager rations of bread and water until I return in peace.’”

David's Charge to Israel

28 ^(A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the ^(B)officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the ^(C)commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the ^(D)stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the ^(E)mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.

⁹ Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.”

¹⁵ He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.