At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Now, Daniel relates how he and his companions were brought forward at a fixed time, since three years was appointed by the king for their instruction in all the science of the Chaldees and on that account the prefect of the eunuchs produces them. He shews how he and his companions were approved by the king, and were preferred to all the rest.
Every gift comes from above, and God gave these four exceptional learning as a reward for their faithfulness to His law when they refused the king's meat. Daniel received a double portion: he understood visions and dreams by divine wisdom, not by human artifice, and became a prophet who conversed with God.
AI summary
Commenting on Daniel 1:17-21
Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in,.... That is, at the end of three years; which was the time appointed for their education, and when they were to be brought before the king for his examination and approbation: then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar; even all the young men that...