Bible Verses About "Who Were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Bible"
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were three Hebrew exiles in Babylon who were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, yet God preserved them miraculously.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were three Hebrew exiles in Babylon who were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, yet God preserved them miraculously.
"If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." — Daniel 3:17-18 (KJV)
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The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."
"He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
"And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies 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."
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