Daniel 1:1 - 20
When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon captured Jerusalem during the reign of king Jehoiakim, many of the royal family and the nobility were taken to exile. The king then commanded the chief eunuch to bring the youth of Judah who were handsome, wise and without blemish to serve him in his palace. One among the four chosen youth was Daniel whose Babylonian name was Belteshazzar.