Daniel 1:18

And at the end of the days that the king had appointed (Daniel 1:5) for bringing them in(R.V.)] viz. to attend upon the king. -Appointed" is lit. said, i.e. commanded, decreed, a common use in late Hebrew: cf. Daniel 1:3. As Daniel 1:19 (-among them all," &c.) shews, the pron. themrefers, not as the connexion with Daniel 1:17 might suggest, to the four Hebrew lads alone, but to the whole number of youths mentioned in Daniel 1:3.