DANIEL 1:6
[Daniel 1:6 NKJV] — Now from among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Among them from the sons of Judah were: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. [Daniel 1:6 AMP]
Among all those selected, nominated and shortlisted, these four young men stood out as expressed by their names: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Daniel and the three men were of the "Royal Seeds of Judah" and were nominated among others into the special training courses to becoming Eunuchs for the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar.
Let's just say, Daniel was a Eunuch for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Daniel, one of the greatest prophets of God, was a Eunuch. He was a descendant of David or descendant of Judah, of a royal seed or a prince, who was turned into a Eunuch Servant to the king of Babylon. Having met the criteria such as, being very handsome and without Blamish/defect in his physique as a man, very wise and intelligent, apt to learning Literatures, Foreign Alphabets/Languages, Understanding Sciences and Myths, Brilliant, etc. Daniel and his three friends mentioned by names, met all those criteria and qualifications, physically, mentally, medically and educationally.
But this enrollment of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, into becoming Eunuchs, meant they were never to have sexual intercourse nor marry any woman as wife again. They were part of princely descendants of kings and nobles, who were made Eunuchs in the palace of the Chaldeans. This fulfilled a prophecy of God through Isaiah to Hezekiah the king that had 15 years added to his days on the day of his death. As it is written,
[Isaiah 39:6-8 NKJV] — ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord. ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ” So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “At least there will be peace and truth in my days.”
Did you notice in that prophecy, Isaiah told Hezekiah that his descendants would be among the things carried away into Babylon and made "Eunuchs" (plural/not singular Eunuchs) in the palace of the king of Babylon? Daniel and his three friends were made Eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon in fulfilling that Prophecy. Besides, the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, also carried all the treasures of the king's from David, Solomon, and king ancestors of Hezekiah, along into captivity and into Babylon where he also made descendants of those Hezekiah, king of Judah, Eunuchs for him at Babylon.
What brought up all these?
Hezekiah should have died by a deadly sickness but God used Isaiah to add 15 years more to him and healed him after he cried to God for extension of his life and reign as king of Judah. But after 15 years was added to his life, Hezekiah the king became foolish in that he received the envoys or ambassador of the king of Babylon and completely disclosed all the hidden treasures of the kings and of God to pagans and unbelievers. He foolishly exposed all the secrets, armories, treasures, etc, of his kingdom and people, to foreigners, whom he thought were friends but they were basically spies. It's not wise to expose all the secrets of your people, tribe or nation, to foreigners or visitors, because they may use your secrets against you and know your weakness and strength. It happened in my country sometime ago, that the president foolishly allowed the military to display their armoury, tankers, fighting equipment, fighting skills, strategies, etc including the Airforce descending from helicopters with ropes, etc. As they were do these, they were commenting and narrating details to foreigners, visitors and other country leaders then present during the independence day celebration.
But why do people display or parade their wealth, their secret parts, their assets, their family and children, etc, in public, social media or international places? What if there's a rule that all the Treasures and Children you have shown to your robbers foolishly, those robbers shall later take from, would you be that careless? God spoke through Isaiah to Hezekiah, all that you have shown to these men of Chaldeans in getting validation or praises from them, shall be all you shall lose to them in the day when they come and carry them all out including your children or descendants, and those descendants of yours shall become Eunuchs.
Hezekiah did not even pray against that as he prayed against his own imminent death; rather Hezekiah said "Amen" in agreeing with the prophecy because it was not to happen in his days but in the days of his descendants. [Isaiah 39]. The sin of the fathers visited on their third and fourth generations, and those fathers been cool with that because they had long and peaceful days after sowing the troubles coming upon their descendants.
Behold, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, stood out from the rest of the royal seeds. And they would turn the mess into message and impart all generations after them for good and better, though they were Eunuchs and had no descendants them.