# Daniel 1:7

> The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

— Daniel 1:7, 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

- Daniel 5:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/12
- Daniel 4:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/8
- Daniel 2:49 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/49
- 2 Kings 23:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/34
- 2 Kings 24:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/24/17
- Daniel 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/3

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- What new name did the chief official give to Daniel? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-70d1-b9fc-12a8867ee671

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).