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Verse Daniel 3:8. _ACCUSED THE JEWS._] That is, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego. The other Jews were left unnoticed; and probably at this
time Daniel was too high to be touched; but we may rest assur...
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WHEREFORE AT THAT TIME CERTAIN CHALDEANS CAME NEAR, AND ACCUSED THE
JEWS - It does not appear that they accused the Jews in general, but
particularly Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel 3:12. They...
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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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CERTAIN. men: probably our grandees. Plural of Chaldee. _g_ ebar.
App-14.
CHALDEANS. See note on Daniel 1:4....
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_certain Chaldeans_ probably, though not here necessarily, the learned
class among the Babylonians (as Daniel 1:4; Daniel 2:2 &c.). See p. 12
ff.
_accused_ The figure in the original is a peculiar one...
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The accusation brought against the three Jewish youths, and their
answer to the king....
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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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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the
Jews.
WHEREFORE AT THAT TIME CERTAIN CHALDEANS CAME NEAR, AND ACCUSED THE
JEWS - literally, ate the torn limbs or flesh of the Je...
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3:8 Chaldeans (d-6) Strictly, 'men, Chaldeans;' so 'men, Jews,' ver.
12. 'Men' is from _ Geber_ , and appears in vers. 12, 13, 20-27; ch.
6.5, 11, 15, 24: see Job 3:3 . accused (e-10) Or 'spoke agains...
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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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CHALDEANS] a special offcial class, moved by jealousy.
12. See Daniel 2:49,
14. _Is it_ TRUE.. DO NOT YE SERVE] RV 'Is it of purpose.. that ye
serve not.' Nebuchadnezzar is willing to put a favourab...
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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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WHEREFORE. — _i.e.,_ because certain Jews were noticed to be absent
at the time. It is natural to suppose that the promotion of three men
of Jewish extraction would have been viewed with the greatest...
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כָּ ל ־קֳבֵ֤ל דְּנָה֙ בֵּהּ ־זִמְנָ֔א
קְרִ֖בו
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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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_Jews: the three children whom they viewed with a jealous eye. Daniel
was too much exalted, or was absent with other Jews._...
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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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Although their intention is not here expressed who accused Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, yet we gather from this event that the thing
was most probably done on purpose when the king set up the gold...
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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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WHEREFORE AT THAT TIME CERTAIN CHALDEANS CAME NEAR,.... That is, to
King Nebuchadnezzar, either in his palace at Babylon, or more likely
in the plain of Dura:
AND ACCUSED THE JEWS; particularly Shadr...
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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the
Jews.
Ver. 8. _Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and
accused the Jews._] All the Jews are accused, because some r...
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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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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans, who were filled with
jealousy on account of the promotion of the strangers, while they were
obliged to be satisfied with inferior positions, CAME NEAR AND ACC...
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THE THREE MEN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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‘For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came near and
brought accusations (literally ‘ate their pieces' i.e. chewed over
publicly what they had heard) against the Judeans.'
We are probably to...
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CHALDEANS
Compare the conduct of Daniel, (Daniel 2:24)....
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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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_O king, live for ever._
THE GOLDEN IMAGE SET UP
These last words, “O king, live for ever,” were designed by those
who uttered them as the expression of the most gross and servile
adulation, and the...
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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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_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 Peter 4:3; 1 Peter 4:4; Acts 16:20; Acts 17:6; Acts 28:22;...
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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...