20:18 take away. See II Kings 24:14. “All the princes, and all the mighty men of valour,” were taken captive into Babylon.

20:18 eunuchs. Among those placed “in the palace of the king of Babylon” were “Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah” (Daniel 1:6). They were “of the king’s seed, and of the princes” and were placed in the king’s palace under “Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs” (Daniel 1:3). Later they were placed directly under Melzar by “the prince of the eunuchs” (Daniel 1:11).