Civil Service

“Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—”

“And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.”

“To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.”

“Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.”

“So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?””

“Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.”

“That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.”

“For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.”