Verse 49
And Daniel{H1841} requested{H1156} of{H4481} the king,{H4430} and he appointed{H4483} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} over{H5922} the affairs{H5673} of the province{H4083} of Babylon:{H895} but Daniel{H1841} was in the gate{H8651} of the king.{H4430}
Referenced Verses
- Esth 2:19 : 19 And when the virgins{H1330} were gathered together{H6908} the second time,{H8145} then Mordecai{H4782} was sitting{H3427} in the king's{H4428} gate.{H8179}
- Esth 2:21 : 21 In those days,{H3117} while Mordecai{H4782} was sitting{H3427} in the king's{H4428} gate,{H8179} two{H8147} of the king's{H4428} chamberlains,{H5631} Bigthan{H904} and Teresh,{H8657} of those that kept{H8104} the threshold,{H5592} were wroth,{H7107} and sought{H1245} to lay{H7971} hands{H3027} on the king{H4428} Ahasuerus.{H325}
- Dan 1:7 : 7 And the prince{H8269} of the eunuchs{H5631} gave{H7760} names{H8034} unto them: unto Daniel{H1840} he gave{H7760} [the name of] Belteshazzar;{H1095} and to Hananiah,{H2608} [of] Shadrach;{H7714} and to Mishael,{H4332} [of] Meshach;{H4335} and to Azariah,{H5838} [of] Abed-nego.{H5664}
- Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate{H8130} the evil,{H7451} and love{H157} the good,{H2896} and establish{H3322} justice{H4941} in the gate:{H8179} it may be that Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} will be gracious{H2603} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph.{H3130}
- Dan 1:17 : 17 Now as for these four{H702} youths,{H3206} God{H430} gave{H5414} them knowledge{H4093} and skill{H7919} in all learning{H5612} and wisdom:{H2451} and Daniel{H1840} had understanding{H995} in all visions{H2377} and dreams.{H2472}
- Dan 2:17 : 17 Then{H116} Daniel{H1841} went{H236} to his house,{H1005} and made the thing{H4406} known{H3046} to Hananiah,{H2608} Mishael,{H4333} and Azariah,{H5839} his companions:{H2269}
- Dan 3:12-30 : 12 There are{H383} certain{H1400} Jews{H3062} whom{H3487} thou hast appointed{H4483} over{H5922} the affairs{H5673} of the province{H4083} of Babylon:{H895} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego;{H5665} these{H479} men,{H1400} O king,{H4430} have{H7761} not{H3809} regarded{H2942} thee:{H5922} they serve{H6399} not{H3809} thy gods,{H426} nor{H3809} worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which thou hast set up.{H6966} 13 Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} in [his] rage{H7266} and fury{H2528} commanded{H560} to bring{H858} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego.{H5665} Then{H116} they brought{H858} these{H479} men{H1400} before{H6925} the king.{H4430} 14 Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} answered{H6032} and said{H560} unto them, Is it of purpose,{H6656} O Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} that ye{H383} serve{H6399} not{H3809} my god,{H426} nor{H3809} worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which I have set{H6966} up? 15 Now{H3705} if{H2006} ye be{H383} ready{H6263} that at what time{H5732} ye hear{H8086} the sound{H7032} of the cornet,{H7162} flute,{H4953} harp,{H7030} sackbut,{H5443} psaltery,{H6460} and dulcimer,{H5481} and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of music,{H2170} ye fall down{H5308} and worship{H5457} the image{H6755} which I have made,{H5648} [well]: but if{H2006} ye worship{H5457} not,{H3809} ye shall be cast{H7412} the same hour{H8160} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace;{H861} and who{H4479} is that god{H426} that shall deliver{H7804} you out of{H4481} my hands?{H3028} 16 Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} answered{H6032} and said{H560} to the king,{H4430} O Nebuchadnezzar,{H5020} we{H586} have no{H3809} need{H2818} to answer{H8421} thee in{H5922} this{H1836} matter.{H6600} 17 If{H2006} it be [so], our God{H426} whom we{H586} serve{H6399} is{H383} able{H3202} to deliver{H7804} us from{H4481} the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace;{H861} and{H4481} he will deliver{H7804} us out of{H4481} thy hand,{H3028} O king.{H4430} 18 But if{H2006} not,{H3809} be it{H1934} known{H3046} unto thee, O king,{H4430} that we will{H383} not{H3809} serve{H6399} thy gods,{H426} nor{H3809} worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which thou hast set up.{H6966} 19 Then{H116} was Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} full{H4391} of fury,{H2528} and the form{H6755} of his visage{H600} was changed{H8133} against{H5922} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego:{H5665} [therefore] he spake,{H6032} and commanded{H560} that they should heat{H228} the furnace{H861} {H2298} seven times{H7655} more{H5922} than{H1768} it was wont{H2370} to be heated.{H228} 20 And he commanded{H560} certain{H2429} mighty{H1401} men{H1400} that were in his army{H2429} to bind{H3729} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} [and] to cast{H7412} them into the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861} 21 Then{H116} these{H479} men{H1400} were bound{H3729} in their hosen,{H6361} their tunics,{H5622} and their mantles,{H3737} and their [other] garments,{H3831} and were cast{H7412} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861} 22 Therefore{H3606} because{H4481} the king's{H4430} commandment{H4406} was urgent,{H2685} and the furnace{H861} exceeding{H3493} hot,{H228} the flame{H7631} of the fire{H5135} slew{H6992} those{H479} men{H1400} that took up{H5267} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego.{H5665} 23 And these{H479} three{H8532} men,{H1400} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} fell down{H5308} bound{H3729} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861} 24 Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} was astonished,{H8429} and rose up{H6966} in haste:{H927} he spake{H6032} and said{H560} unto his counsellors,{H1907} Did not{H3809} we cast{H7412} three{H8532} men{H1400} bound{H3729} into the midst{H1459} of the fire?{H5135} They answered{H6032} and said{H560} unto the king,{H4430} True,{H3330} O king.{H4430} 25 He answered{H6032} and said,{H560} Lo,{H1888} I{H576} see{H2370} four{H703} men{H1400} loose,{H8271} walking{H1981} in the midst{H1459} of the fire,{H5135} and they have{H383} no{H3809} hurt;{H2257} and the aspect{H7299} of the fourth{H7244} is like{H1821} a son{H1247} of the gods.{H426} 26 Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} came near{H7127} to the mouth{H8651} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace:{H861} he spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} ye servants{H5649} of the Most High{H5943} God,{H426} come forth,{H5312} and come{H858} hither. Then{H116} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} came forth{H5312} out of{H4481} the midst{H1459} of the fire.{H5135} 27 And the satraps,{H324} the deputies,{H5460} and the governors,{H6347} and the king's{H4430} counsellors,{H1907} being gathered together,{H3673} saw{H2370} these{H479} men,{H1400} that the fire{H5135} had no{H3809} power{H7981} upon their bodies,{H1655} nor{H3809} was the hair{H8177} of their head{H7217} singed,{H2761} neither{H3809} were their hosen{H5622} changed,{H8133} nor{H3809} had the smell{H7382} of fire{H5135} passed{H5709} on them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Blessed{H1289} be the God{H426} of Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} who hath sent{H7972} his angel,{H4398} and delivered{H7804} his servants{H5649} that trusted{H7365} in him,{H5922} and have changed{H8133} the king's{H4430} word,{H4406} and have yielded{H3052} their bodies,{H1655} that they might not{H3809} serve{H6399} nor{H3809} worship{H5457} any{H3606} god,{H426} except{H3861} their own God.{H426} 29 Therefore I{H4481} make{H7761} a decree,{H2942} that every{H3606} people,{H5972} nation,{H524} and language,{H3961} which speak{H560} anything amiss{H7960} against{H5922} the God{H426} of Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} shall be cut{H5648} in pieces,{H1917} and their houses{H1005} shall be made{H7739} a dunghill;{H5122} because{H6903} there is{H383} no{H3809} other{H321} god{H426} that is{H383} able to deliver{H5338} after this{H1836} sort. 30 Then{H116} the king{H4430} promoted{H6744} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} in the province{H4083} of Babylon.{H895}
- Esth 3:2 : 2 And all the king's{H4428} servants,{H5650} that were in the king's{H4428} gate,{H8179} bowed{H3766} down, and did reverence{H7812} to Haman;{H2001} for the king{H4428} had so commanded{H6680} concerning him. But Mordecai{H4782} bowed{H3766} not down, nor did him reverence.{H7812}
- Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous{H6662} triumph,{H5970} there is great{H7227} glory;{H8597} But when the wicked{H7563} rise,{H6965} men{H120} hide{H2664} themselves.
- Jer 39:3 : 3 that all the princes{H8269} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} came in,{H935} and sat{H3427} in{H935} the middle{H8432} gate,{H8179} [to wit], Nergal-sharezer,{H5371} Samgar-nebo,{H5562} Sarsechim,{H8310} Rab-saris,{H7249} Nergal-sharezer,{H5371} Rab-mag,{H7248} with all the rest of the princes{H8269} of the king{H4428} of Babylon.{H894}