Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel 3:30
‘Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.'
His final act was to promote the three men to more powerful positions in the province of Babylon.
‘Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.'
His final act was to promote the three men to more powerful positions in the province of Babylon.
Verse Daniel 3:30. _THEN THE KING PROMOTED, C._] He restored them to the offices which they held before the charge of disobedience and treason was brought against them. At the end of this verse the...
THEN THE KING PROMOTED SHADRACH ... - Margin, “made to prosper.” The Chaldee means no more than “made to prosper.” Whether he restored them to their former places, or to higher honors, does not appear...
CHAPTER 3 THE IMAGE OF GOLD _ 1. The image of gold (Daniel 3:1)_ 2. The faithful three (Daniel 3:8) 3. The miraculous deliverance (Daniel 3:19) 4. The worshipping king ...
DANIEL 3. THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE. Nebuchadnezzar made a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order. The...
_promoted_ MADE TO PROSPER (cf. Daniel 6:28), i.e. supported them in different ways in the discharge of their office, and so ensured their success (Daniel 2:49)....
THEN THE KING PROMOTED SHADRACH, &C.— Or, "Restored them to their former places and dignities," according to the force of the original word. The LXX add at the end of the verse, And he advanced them t...
e. PHILANTHROPIC DECREE TEXT: Daniel 3:26-30 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Mos...
THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall down and worship the ima...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image. It was 30 metres high and 3 metres wide. He set it up on the plain called Dura, in the d...
PROMOTED — _i.e.,_ he reinstated them to their former posts, from which they had been temporarily deposed....
בֵּ אדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְ שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ...
THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in its imaginative gran...
LOYALTY REWARDED Daniel 3:19-30 It is only when we reach the fire that we become aware of the presence of the divine Companion, walking beside us as if treading the dew-besprinkled glades of Paradise...
The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head o...
Reader! pray observe what is here said. Nebuchadnezzar is astonished, and so are his courtiers. But is this all? Yes! for had there been more than astonishment and any grace wrought in the heart, the...
REFLECTIONS READER! can you desire a stronger explanation of what scripture continually holds forth, between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not; th...
This seems to be of slight consequence; but yet it was not added in vain. We are to understand that the miracle was confirmed throughout the whole province and region, because all the Chaldeans knew t...
After this general picture, we have, historically, the characteristic features of these empires, marking the condition into which they fall, through their departure from God-primarily and principally...
THEN THE KING PROMOTED SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, IN THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON,.... He restored them to their places of trust and profit, and increased their honours: or, "made them to prosper", a...
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. Ver. 30. _Then the king promoted._] Restored them to their dignities, and strictly forbade others to malign or mole...
_Then the king promoted Shadrach_, &c. He not only reversed the attainder of these three men, but restored them to their places in the government, nay, and preferred them to greater and more advantage...
Then the king, having once more restored the three men to his full favor, PROMOTED SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO IN THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON. So the firmness of these men in confessing their God, fa...
The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...
PROMOTED: Cald. made to prosper...
28-30 What God did for these his servants, would help to keep the Jews to their religion while in captivity, and to cure them of idolatry. The miracle brought deep convictions on Nebuchadnezzar. But n...
They that honour God, them will God honour. To suffer, and suffer shame and pains, for God, is to honour God. 1 THESSALONIANS 21:19 1 PETER 4:14. It is probable that the Chaldeans used to reproach the...
Daniel 3:30 Then H116 king H4430 promoted H6744 (H8684) Shadrach H7715 Meshach H4336 Abed-Nego H5665 province H4083 Bab
Daniel 3 I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance. II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or, in...
CONTENTS: Pride of Nebuchadnezzar and his punishment. The image of gold. The three Jews refuse to worship the image. Fiery furnace proven harmless. The king convinced. CHARACTERS: God, Nebuchadnezzar...
Daniel 3:1. _An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits._ As the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedestal w...
_Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon._ SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO Whenever we hear of anyone’s appointment to a Government place, the first questi...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar commands all peoples under his rule to worship a golden image. Daniel’s friends refuse, out of loyalty to their God. When God delivers them from the fiery furn...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:30 Nebuchadnezzar shows that he appreciates the integrity of these men. ⇐ ⇔...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 3:1 THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE. DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh
Now in chapter 3 we find Nebuchadnezzar defying the revelation of God. Remember in his dream he saw the image with the head of gold, "thou art the head of gold," but it had a chest of silver for the B...
1 Samuel 2:30; John 12:26; Psalms 1:3; Psalms 91:14; Romans 8:31...
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S IMAGE OF GOLD Daniel 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Daniel in Babylon. (1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the three Heb...