# Daniel 1:17

> To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

— Daniel 1:17, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 605 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Daniel 1:1 dates itself by the third year of Jehoiakim; the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5) puts Nebuchadnezzar's first campaign in the Levant in 605 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II

## See also

- 1 Kings 3:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/3/12
- James 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/1/5
- Job 32:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/32/8
- Daniel 2:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/21
- Daniel 2:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/23
- Proverbs 2:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/2/6
- Colossians 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/9
- Psalms 119:98-100 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/119/98

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/17
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