Children: The word yeladim: rendered children, is frequently used for lads, or young men (see Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:14-16), νεανισκους:, as the LXX render; and Daniel must have been at this time at least seventeen or eighteen years of age.
in whom: Leviticus 21:18-21, Leviticus 24:19-20; Judges 8:18; 2 Samuel 14:25; Acts 7:20; Ephesians 5:27
and skillful: Rather, as Houbigant renders, "apt to understand wisdom, to acquire knowledge, and to attain science;" for it was not a knowledge of the sciences, but merely a capacity to learn them, that was required. Daniel 2:20-21, Daniel 5:11; Ecclesiastes 7:19; Acts 7:22
ability: Daniel 1:17-20; Proverbs 22:29