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THERE ARE CERTAIN JEWS WHOM THOU HAST SET OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE
PROVINCE OF BABYLON, SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO - Daniel 2:49.
It is quite remarkable that the name of Daniel does not occur in...
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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 ...
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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...
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SHADRACH, &C. See note on Daniel 1:7.
MEN. strong men, or grandees. Plural of Chaldee. _gebar_. App-14.
GODS. Chaldee. _elah_. App-4....
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The accusation brought against the three Jewish youths, and their
answer to the king....
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_whom thou hast set_, &c. See Daniel 2:49. The -Chaldeans" were, no
doubt, jealous of the Jewish captives being promoted to high
positions; and accordingly took advantage of their refusal to conform
t...
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THEY SERVE NOT THY GODS— _Gods_ in general; not _one god,_
represented by the golden statue. The statue, says Houbigant, in
agreement with Calmet, was not of a human form, as is plain from its
proport...
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b. PERNICIOUS DENOUNCEMENT
TEXT: Daniel 3:8-12
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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought
accusation against the Jews.
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They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king,...
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O
king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship...
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3:12 not (f-30) Or 'pray not to;' so vers. 14,17,18, &c....
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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...
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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...
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WHOM THOU HAST SET. — The high position of these men is mentioned
partly to explain the king’s anger on account of their supposed
ingratitude, and partly to account for the malice and jealousy of
thei...
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אִיתַ֞י גֻּבְרִ֣ין יְהוּדָאיִ֗ן
דִּֽי ־מַנִּ֤יתָ יָתְהֹון֙...
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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...
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LOYALTY SEVERELY TESTED
Daniel 3:1-18
The king, at the close of the foregoing chapter, acknowledged the
supremacy of Daniel's God, yet here he erects an image to Bel and to
himself, demanding divine...
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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...
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, (e) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O
king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor wors...
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It is very evident, that the whole design of this new dunghill God set
up, was, with a view to criminate the faithful Jews. And as upon the
late occasion, at the instance of Daniel; those three men we...
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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...
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THERE ARE CERTAIN JEWS,.... Men, by birth, by nation, and religion,
despicable, foreigners, exiles, and captives; this they observe by way
of contempt, and tacitly suggest that they were never worthy...
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O
king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship...
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_At that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews_ It is
not improbable that these Chaldeans were such as envied these friends
of Daniel their preferments, having perhaps themselves expe...
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, who, therefore, as the accusers intimate, were
under special obligations toward the king as their benefactor,
SHA...
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THE THREE MEN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH...
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HAVE NOT REGARDED THEE:
Cald. have set no regard upon thee...
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8-18 True devotion calms the spirit, quiets and softens it, but
superstition and devotion to false gods inflame men's passions. The
matter is put into a little compass, Turn, or burn. Proud men are
s...
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Now the devil's cloven foot appears, now ye have the bottom of the
plot; one of these two is clear: these Chaldeans finding the Jews made
courtiers, and preferred to places of trust and honour, they e...
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‘They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king live
for ever. You, O king have made a decree, that every man who will hear
the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery and dulci...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_They serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast
set up._
THE GOLDEN IMAGE
In last chapter we read of an image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in
vision. In this chapter our attention...
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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...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:12 Certain “Chaldeans” (see note on 2:2)
observed that SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO had not bowed to the
statue. They charged the young men with ingratitude for the position...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 3:1
THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE.
DANIEL 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh
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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...
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1 Samuel 18:7; Acts 17:7; Acts 5:28; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 6:13;...
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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...
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If Daniel was faithful to God, why did he not refuse to bow to this
idol too?
PROBLEM: In the first chapter, Daniel and the three other young men
refused to do anything that violated their conscience...