Bible Person

Ashpenaz

Male · 1 cross reference

Ashpenaz is the chief official over the court youths in Babylon who receives Daniel and his companions. He belongs to the imperial setting in which Judean exiles are formed, tested, and displayed. First appears in Dan 1:3.1

AI summary: Ashpenaz matters because his single cross reference places him at the threshold of Daniel's Babylonian story, where imperial assimilation begins and faithful distinction must first be negotiated. The entry helps frame the tension between court power and covenant identity. Taken together, the material presents Ashpenaz as the official overseeing the first stage of Daniel's exile experience.1

Central Figure

Ashpenaz

The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan.