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He set it up in the Dura Valley<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:1 Or Plain">c</a></span> within the province of Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then King Nebuchadnezzar summoned the regional authorities,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:2 Or satraps">d</a></span> governors, deputy governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all of the other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:2 The Aram. lacks other">e</a></span> administrators of the provinces, ordering them to come to the dedication of the statue that he<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:2 Lit. Nebuchadnezzar">f</a></span> had erected.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So the regional authorities,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:3 Or satraps">g</a></span> governors, deputy governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all of the other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:3 The Aram. lacks other">h</a></span> administrators of the provinces assembled to dedicate the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They took their places in front of the statue that he<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:3 Lit. Nebuchadnezzar">i</a></span> had erected. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then a herald proclaimed aloud:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop marginbot">“People of all<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:4 The Aram. lacks of all">j</a></span> nations, and languages are commanded: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp, playing together along with various instruments, you are to fall down and worship the golden statue that was set up by King Nebuchadnezzar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Anyone who does not fall down and worship is immediately to be thrown into the blazing fire furnace.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, when all of the people “heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp, playing together along with various other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:7 The Aram. lacks other">k</a></span> instruments,” all the “people, nations, and languages” began to fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.</p> <p class="heading">Daniel’s Friends are Accused</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Just then, certain influential Chaldeans took this opportunity to come forward and denounce the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They told King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your majesty, live forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You, your majesty, issued this decree:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop marginbot">‘Every man who hears the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp, playing together along with various other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 The Aram. lacks other">l</a></span> instruments is to fall down and worship the golden statue. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whoever does not fall down and worship is to be thrown into a blazing fire furnace.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Certain influential Jewish men whom you appointed to manage the city of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—have neither paid attention to you, your majesty, nor served your gods. And they won’t worship the golden statue that you set up.”</p> <p class="heading">The Threat of the Fire Furnace</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and furiously ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:13 Lit. before the king">m</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar asked them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t worship my gods and that you don’t worship the golden statue that has been set up? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now, if you are ready at this very moment to obey ‘the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp,’ and worship the image that I have made… If you do not so worship, you will immediately have cast yourselves into the middle of the blazing fire, and what god is there who can deliver you from my power?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:15 Lit. hands">n</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Daniel’s Friends Answer King Nebuchadnezzar</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “It’s not necessary for us to respond in this matter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your majesty, if it be his will,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 The Aram. lacks his will">o</a></span> our God whom we serve can deliver us from the blazing fire furnace, and he will deliver us from you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 Lit. from your hand">p</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if not, rest assured, your majesty, that we won’t serve your gods, and we won’t worship the golden statue that you have set up.”</p> <p class="heading">The King Orders an Execution</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Out of control with rage, Nebuchadnezzar’s facial expression changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he ordered<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:19 Lit. answered and ordered">q</a></span> that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he issued orders to his elite guard to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego with ropes<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:20 The Aram. lacks with ropes; and so through vs. 24">r</a></span> and throw them into the blazing fire furnace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the elite guard tied them up fully clothed, still wearing their robes, tunics, and turbans, and threw them into the blazing fire furnace, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>because the king’s command was so drastic. Since the furnace was blazing hot, its flames killed those who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the blazing fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Bound firmly with ropes, these three men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the blazing fire furnace.</p> <p class="heading">The Fourth Man in the Furnace</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Astonished, King Nebuchadnezzar stood up in terror, and asked his advisers, “Didn’t we throw three men into the fire, bound firmly with ropes?”</p> <p class="reg">In reply they told the king, “Yes, your majesty.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Look!” he told them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 Lit. answered and said">s</a></span> “I see four men walking untied and unharmed in the middle of the fire, and the appearance of the fourth resembles a divine being.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:25 Lit. a son of the gods">t</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the opening of the blazing fire furnace. He shouted out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The regional authorities,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:27 Or satraps">u</a></span> viceroys, governors, and royal advisors gazed at those men and saw that the fire had no effect on their bodies—not a hair on their head was singed, their clothes were not burned, and they did not smell of fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar spoke up and announced:</p> <p class="doubleindent margintop marginbot">“Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego! He sent his angel to deliver his servants who trusted in him. They disobeyed the king’s command and were willing to risk their lives in order not to serve or worship any god except their own God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So I decree that people from any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego will be destroyed and their house reduced to rubble, because there is no other god who can save like this.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego within the province of Babylon.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 3:1 i.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:1 i.e. about nine feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:1 Or <i>Plain</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:2 Or <i>satraps</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 3:2 The Aram. lacks <i>other</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 3:2 Lit. <i>Nebuchadnezzar</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 3:3 Or <i>satraps</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 3:3 The Aram. lacks <i>other</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 3:3 Lit. <i>Nebuchadnezzar</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 3:4 The Aram. lacks <i>of all</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 3:7 The Aram. lacks <i>other</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 3:10 The Aram. lacks <i>other</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 3:13 Lit. <i>before the king</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 3:15 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 3:17 The Aram. lacks <i>his will</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 3:17 Lit. <i>from your hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 3:19 Lit. <i>answered and ordered</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 3:20 The Aram. lacks <i>with ropes</i>; and so through vs. 24<br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 3:25 Lit. <i>answered and said</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 3:25 Lit. <i>a son of the gods</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 3:27 Or<i> satraps</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../daniel/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Daniel 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Daniel 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../daniel/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Daniel 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Daniel 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/daniel/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>