2009-09-09T14:44:58-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/aptitude/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%201:3-5&version=NIV 2009-09-09T14:44:58-05:00 Daniel and his friends were selected by King Nebuchadnezzar's court officials to go to a sort of Babylonian school. They were to receive teaching in the literature and language of the Babylonians and eventually enter into the King's service.