14. So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
15. At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s dainties.
16. So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they would drink, and gave them vegetables.
17. Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
18. At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
19. The king talked with them; and amongst them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore stood they before the king.
20. In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
21. Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.