1:18 end of the days. Daniel and his friends were in Nebuchadnezzar’s training program (actually, it was God’s program, as a result of His overruling providence) for three years (Daniel 1:5). Significantly, this was also the length of time used by Christ in training His twelve disciples, as well as the time Paul spent with the Lord in the desert after his conversion (Galatians 1:15-18).