Daniel 3:23

These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the blazing furnace while they were tied up.

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And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

In Context

22Because the king's command was strictly followed and the furnace was very hot, the flames killed the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

24Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was amazed and stood up quickly. He asked his advisors, “Did we not throw three men tied up into the fire?” They replied to the king, “Certainly, king.”

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Many are the troubles of the righteous, 1 but Yahweh delivers them out of them all. 1

Psalms 124:1“If Yahweh had not been on our side,” 1 let Israel say now, 1

Lamentations 3:52I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason. 1

2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the troubles we had in Asia. We were so completely crushed beyond our strength that we despaired even of life.

1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not regard as strange the testing in the fire that has happened to you, as if something strange were happening to you.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:20-28

The Three Hebrews in the Furnace; Deliverance from the Furnace. ( b. c. 587.) 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats,… Read the whole commentary →

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