22 therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up shadrach, meshach, and abednego Interestingly, daniel is not mentioned in the story at all. 23 and these three men, shadrach, meshach, and abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
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Shadrach, meshach, and abednego (hebrew names hananiah, mishael, and azariah) are figures from chapter 3 of the biblical book of daniel
In the narrative, the three jewish men are thrown into a fiery furnace by nebuchadnezzar ii, king of babylon for refusing to bow to the king's image.
In the bible, in the book of daniel, it tells the us of three jewish men named shadrach, meshach, and abednego who were thrown into a fiery furnace by king nebuchadnezzar of babylon because they refused to worship his golden image. Shadrach, meshach, and abednego were three young men that served king nebuchadnezzar in babylon They loved and obeyed god above all One day, the king made a huge golden statue and commanded everyone to worship it
Whoever refused would be thrown into a fiery furnace. The king decreed that anyone who refused to bow down to the image would be thrown into a blazing fiery furnace This decree posed a direct challenge to the faith of the jewish exiles, who were committed to worshiping the one true god. Since the furnace was blazing hot, its flames killed those who threw shadrach, meshach, and abednego into the blazing fire
23 bound firmly with ropes, these three men shadrach, meshach, and abednego fell into the blazing fire furnace.
So, to answer the question posed at the beginning The three brave hebrews take a stand against the king of babylon, refuse to bow to an idol, and are thrown into a burning fiery furnace
