Daniel 1: 8-21

Daniel was removed from his home and family in Jerusalem and transplanted into a foreign land and placed in a three-year training program at the close of which he would stand before the king. Daniel was probably in his early or mid teens at the beginning of the program. His uprooting would have taken place in 604 B.C. This date would make him contemporaries with Jeremiah who prophesied in Jerusalem between 626…