⁶ Among these, from the people of Y’hudah, were Dani’el, Hananyah, Misha’el and ‘Azaryah. ⁷ The chief officer gave them other names — to Dani’el he gave the name Belt’shatzar; to Hananyah, Shadrakh; to Misha’el, Meishakh; and to ‘Azaryah, ‘Aved-N’go.

⁸ But Dani’el resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or the wine he drank, so he asked the chief officer to be excused from defiling himself.