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- or, eunuchs, "And he will take the tenthª° of your seed,ª and of your vineyards,ª and giveª° to his officers,ª and to his servants.ª" {1Sm 8:15} + "And Davidª assembledª°¹ all¹ the princesª of Israel,ª the princesª of the tribes,ª and the captainsª of the companiesª that ministeredª°¹ to the kingª by course,² and the captainsª over the thousands,ª and captainsª over the hundreds,ª and the stewardsª over all¹ the substanceª and possessionª of the king,ª and of his sons,ª with¹ the officers,ª and with the mighty men,ª and with all¹ the valiant¹ men,²¹ unto¹ Jerusalem.ª" {1Ch 28:1} *marg. "And of thy sonsª¹ that¹ shall issueª° from¹ thee, which¹ thou shalt beget,ª° shall they take away;ª° and they shall be¹ eunuchsª in the palaceª of the kingª of Babylon.ª" {Isa 39:7} + "And the kingª spakeª° unto Ashpenazª the masterª of his eunuchs,ª that he should bringª° [certain] of the childrenª¹ of Israel,ª and of the king's² seed,ª¹¹ and of¹ the princes;ª" {Dan 1:3} + "Unto whom the princeª of the eunuchsª gaveª° names:ª for he gaveª° unto Danielª [the name] of Belteshazzar;ª and to Hananiah,ª of Shadrach;ª and to Mishael,ª of Meshach;ª and to Azariah,ª of Abednego.ª ... But Danielª purposedª° in¹ his heartª that¹ he would not¹ defile²° himself¹ with the portion²° of the king's² meat,ª¹ nor with the wineª which he drank:ª therefore he requestedª° of the princeª¹ of the eunuchsª that¹ he might not¹ defile²° himself.¹" {Dan 1:7-8}
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