Daniel 3:24

was astonied -astonied" is the old, and more correct, form of astonished(Old Eng. astony, astonie, from Old Fr. estonner, Lat. * extonare). Here, however, the meaning is rather, was alarmed, the Aram. těwahbeing used in the Targums for Heb. words signifying to fear, as Genesis 27:33; 1 Kings 1:49.

rose up from the seat, from which he had been watching the preparations at the furnace.

spake properly answered, as Daniel 3:9. So Daniel 3:26; Daniel 3:28.

counsellers ministers (-counseller, is used rightly for an entirely different word in Ezra 7:14-15; 2 Samuel 15:12, al.), a word (haddâbar) peculiar to Dan. (Daniel 3:27; Daniel 4:36; Daniel 6:7), and of uncertain meaning. The termination barshews that it is of Persian origin (cf. dethâbar, -law-bearer," gizbar, -treasurer"), but the sense of the first part of the word is not clear (Andreas). The explanation -associate-judge" is questionable, as it implies a contracted, modern form of dethâbar, -judge," viz. dâwar.