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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Daniel 3:26

Came near; as near as he durst come, within hearing. And spake with a milder tone than before, God having abated the fire of his fury. Now he could at once confess and acknowledge the true God to be the Most High above all gods, and the three worthies to be his faithful servants. Came forth of the midst of the fire; they went out upon the king's call, without which they would not have stirred.

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See also Daniel 3:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME NEAR TO THE MOUTH ... - Margin, “door.” The Chaldee word means door, gate, entrance. The “form” of the furnace is unknown. There was a place, however, through which the fuel w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    YE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, COME FORTH. The marvelous sight had wrought. complete change in the king. Coming near he called the three by name and bade them come forth. They had declared they wo...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MOUTH. door....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֵּ אדַ֜יִן קְרֵ֣ב נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר לִ תְרַע֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the furnace_ As near as he durst come; _and spake_ With a milder tone than before, God having abated the fire of his fury; _and said, Ye servants of the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, which was now opened at his command, AND SPAKE AND SAID, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO, YE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MOUTH: Cald. door...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 3:26 Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 near H7127 (H8754) mouth H8651 burning H3345 (H8751) fiery H5135 furnace...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then Nebuchanezzar came near to the opening of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrac...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And spake — With a milder tone than before, God having abated the fire of his fury. Now he could at once acknowledge the true God to be the most high above all gods, and the three worthies to be his f...

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