Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, in the province of Babylon.
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.
Then the king hath caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.
Daniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
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Verse 30. "Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to honor in the province of Babylon." Those commentators who say that the three youths were previously not judges set over the provinces but mere overseers of individual government agencies in Babylon, would have it that they were now appointed as judges over the provinces.
Jerome· St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER THREE, 420patristic
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", as the word (x) signifies; they flourished in his court, and became very great and famous. The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "and he counted them worthy to preside over all the Jews that were in his kingdom.'' (x) הצלח "prosperare fecit", Munster; "prosperari jussit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "prosperos felicesque fecit", Gejerus.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Then the king promoted, etc. - 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 Septuagint add, And he advanced them to be governors over all the Jews that were in his kingdom. This may be the meaning of the latter verse. They were more likely to be set over the Jews than over the Chaldeans.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long after that; some reckon it to be about the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar, a year before Jehoiachin's captivity, in which Ezekiel was carried away.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
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Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
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1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it…
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If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
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John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
