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Daniel 3:12 (NIV)

But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon – Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego –
who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.’
 

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Daniel 3:13

“Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.”

King James Version (KJV)
 

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Daniel 3:14 KJV
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
 

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Daniel 3:15 (NIV)

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?’
 

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Daniel 3:16 (NIV)

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.
 

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Daniel 3:17 (NIV)

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.
 

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Daniel 3:18 (NIV)

But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold
you have set up.’
 

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Daniel 3:19 (KJV)

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
 

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Daniel 3:20 (KJV)

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
 

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Daniel 3:21 (KJV)

Then these men were bound in their coats , their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
 

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Daniel 3:22 (KJV)

Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
 

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Daniel 3:23 (KJV)

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
 

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Daniel 3:24 (NIV)

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors, ‘Weren’t there three men that we tied up
and threw into the fire?’ They replied, ‘Certainly, Your Majesty.’
 

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Daniel 3:25 (NIV)

He said, ‘Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.’
 

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Daniel 3:26 (NIV)

Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!’

So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire,
 

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Daniel 3:27 (NKJV)

And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
 

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Daniel 3:28 (NKJV)

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor
worship any god except their own God!
 

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Daniel 3:29 (NKJV)

Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
 

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Daniel 3:30 (NKJV)

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.
 

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Daniel 4:1 (NIV)

King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly!