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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 3:30

Promoted — i.e., he reinstated them to their former posts, from which they had been temporarily deposed.

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See also Daniel 3:30 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 3:30. _THEN THE KING PROMOTED, C._] 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN THE KING PROMOTED SHADRACH ... - Margin, “made to prosper.” The Chaldee means no more than “made to prosper.” Whether he restored them to their former places, or to higher honors, does not appear...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _promoted_ MADE TO PROSPER (cf. Daniel 6:28), i.e. supported them in different ways in the discharge of their office, and so ensured their success (Daniel 2:49)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN THE KING PROMOTED SHADRACH, &C.— Or, "Restored them to their former places and dignities," according to the force of the original word. The LXX add at the end of the verse, And he advanced them t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    e. PHILANTHROPIC DECREE TEXT: Daniel 3:26-30 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Mos...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֵּ אדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְ שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ...

  • 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

    LOYALTY REWARDED Daniel 3:19-30 It is only when we reach the fire that we become aware of the presence of the divine Companion, walking beside us as if treading the dew-besprinkled glades of Paradise...

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

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! pray observe what is here said. Nebuchadnezzar is astonished, and so are his courtiers. But is this all? Yes! for had there been more than astonishment and any grace wrought in the heart, the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! can you desire a stronger explanation of what scripture continually holds forth, between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not; th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This seems to be of slight consequence; but yet it was not added in vain. We are to understand that the miracle was confirmed throughout the whole province and region, because all the Chaldeans knew t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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", a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. Ver. 30. _Then the king promoted._] Restored them to their dignities, and strictly forbade others to malign or mole...

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

    _Then the king promoted Shadrach_, &c. He not only reversed the attainder of these three men, but restored them to their places in the government, nay, and preferred them to greater and more advantage...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then the king, having once more restored the three men to his full favor, PROMOTED SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO IN THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON. So the firmness of these men in confessing their God, fa...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PROMOTED: Cald. made to prosper...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    28-30 What God did for these his servants, would help to keep the Jews to their religion while in captivity, and to cure them of idolatry. The miracle brought deep convictions on Nebuchadnezzar. But n...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    They that honour God, them will God honour. To suffer, and suffer shame and pains, for God, is to honour God. 1 THESSALONIANS 21:19 1 PETER 4:14. It is probable that the Chaldeans used to reproach the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 3:30 Then H116 king H4430 promoted H6744 (H8684) Shadrach H7715 Meshach H4336 Abed-Nego H5665 province H4083 Bab

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.' His final act was to promote the three men to more powerful positions in the province of Babylon....

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    _Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon._ SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO Whenever we hear of anyone’s appointment to a Government place, the first questi...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:30 Nebuchadnezzar shows that he appreciates the integrity of these men. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 3:1 THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE. DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:30; John 12:26; Psalms 1:3; Psalms 91:14; Romans 8:31...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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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