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    Shadrach

    SHAD-rak

    Meaning

    Command of Aku (moon god)

    Babylonian origin · Boy · First in Daniel

    What it points to

    Shadrach — originally Hananiah, 'the LORD is gracious' — experienced grace in its most dramatic form: walking through fire unburned. His story teaches that God's grace doesn't always remove the trial but always sustains us through it.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach.”

    Daniel 1:7

    “The fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.”

    Daniel 3:27

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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