They were taken into exile in Babylon in 617 B.C.E. While still young, likely in their teens, these four found themselves in the royal court of King Nebuchadnezzar.
पूर्वीपासूनच सर्वप्रसंगी विश्‍वासू राहिल्यामुळे, भविष्यातील कठीण परीक्षेतही विश्‍वासू राहण्याची जणू त्यांची तयारी झाली.