⁴ young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom,^(A) knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace.^(B) He was to teach them the Chaldean language^(C) and literature.

⁴ The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic^[a](A) begins here): ‘May the king live for ever.^(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.’