Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Daniel 3:20
Verse 20. The most mighty men] The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong men, there was no need of such.
Verse 20. The most mighty men] The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong men, there was no need of such.
AND HE COMMANDED THE MOST MIGHTY MEN THAT WERE IN HIS ARMY - Margin, “mighty of strength.” Chaldee, “And to mighty men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said.” He employed the strongest...
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...
AND HE COMMANDED THE MOST MIGHTY MEN THAT WERE IN HIS ARMY. The margin says that he commanded men "mighty in strength." This is the meaning of the original. Such men were chosen because he fancied th...
MOST MIGHTY MEN. Chaldee. mighty [ones] of strength. TO BIND. Chaldee. _kephath._ Occurs only here and verses: Daniel 3:21; Daniel 3:23; Daniel 3:24....
The three youths delivered from the flames....
_the most_ CERTAIN (lit. _men_: cf. in Heb. Deuteronomy 13:13 (14); Judges 19:22; 1 Kings 11:17)....
THE MOST MIGHTY MEN— His _guards;_ whom he employed, according to the ancient custom, to execute criminals....
d. PERFECT DELIVERANCE TEXT: Daniel 3:19-25 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and command...
_AND HE COMMANDED THE MOST MIGHTY MEN THAT WERE IN HIS ARMY TO BIND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO, AND TO CAST THEM INTO THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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 MOST MIGHTY MEN] RV 'certain mighty men.'...
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...
THE MOST MIGHTY MEN. — He selected these as being the most likely to be able to bear the unusual heat of the fire. Whether he had any expectation that some attempt at a rescue would be made does not a...
וּ לְ גֻבְרִ֤ין גִּבָּֽרֵי ־חַ֨יִל֙ דִּ֣י בְ
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...
_Strongest. Chaldee: "mighty in strength;" (Haydock) his own guards, the usual executioners._...
Ah! wretched Nebuchadnezzar! how wilt thou endure the heated furnace of everlasting wrath! What! even if it had killed the faithful servants of the Lord, what would have been their sufferings for a fe...
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...
AND HE COMMANDED THE MOST MIGHTY MEN THAT WERE IN HIS ARMY,.... The most famous for courage of mind, and strength of body, that were in all his army: TO BIND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO either th...
And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. Ver. 20. _And he commanded the most mighty m...
_Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury_ Nebuchadnezzar had himself known and owned so much of the true God, that one would have thought, though his pride and vanity had induced him to make this golden...
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army, upon whom he could depend for absolute obedience and trustworthiness, TO BIND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO AND TO CAST THEM INTO THE BUR...
The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...
MOST MIGHTY: Cald. mighty of strength...
19-27 Let Nebuchadnezzar heat his furnace as hot as he can, a few minutes will finish the torment of those cast into it; but hell-fire tortures, and yet does not kill. Those who worshipped the beast...
Did he think these three men would have resisted, or that their God would defend them from his power, or that, if he had, the king and his mighty men could have prevailed? None of all this was in the...
Daniel 3:20 commanded H560 (H8754) certain H2429 mighty H1401 men H1400 army H2429 bind H3729 (H8742) Shadrach...
‘Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the look on his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it wa...
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...
_That they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated._ THE FIERY FURNACE I. THE PERSON WHO CAUSED IT TO BE MADE. This Oriental despot was then in the zenith of his g...
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...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XIII.—THE FIERY FURNACE (Chap. Daniel 3:8) God has never left Himself without a witness. An Enoch and a Noah found on the eve of the Flood; an Abraham in Chaldea, and a Lot in Sodo...
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...
Acts 12:4; Acts 12:5; Acts 16:23; Acts 16:25; Daniel 3:15...
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...
To bind — What did he think these three men would have refused? Or that their God would defend them from his power, or that if he had, his mighty men could have prevailed? None of all this was the cas...