6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah.
6 Four young men from Judah - Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah - were among those selected.
6 Now from among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
6 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 1:6
Commentary on Daniel 1:1-7
(Read Daniel 1:1-7)
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem, and carried whom and what he pleased away. From this first captivity, most think the seventy years are to be dated. It is the interest of princes to employ wise men; and it is their wisdom to find out and train up such. Nebuchadnezzar ordered that these chosen youths should be taught. All their Hebrew names had something of God in them; but to make them forget the God of their fathers, the Guide of their youth, the heathen gave them names that savoured of idolatry. It is painful to reflect how often public education tends to corrupt the principles and morals.