"Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up."
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Verse Daniel 3:2. _SENT TO GATHER TOGETHER THE PRINCES_] It is not
easy to show what these different offices were, as it is difficult to
ascertain the meaning of the _Chaldee_ words. _Parkhurst_ analy...
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THEN, NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING SENT TO GATHER TOGETHER THE PRINCES - It
is difficult now, if not impossible, to determine the exact meaning of
the words used here with reference to the various officers...
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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 (Daniel 3:26)
Daniel 3:1 . H...
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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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THE KING SENT. This great Durbar would hardly have taken place till
after the campaign referred to in note on "came" (Daniel 1:1). It was
therefore probably held about 475 B. C, in Daniel's thirty-eig...
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Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation regarding the image....
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CHAPTER THREE
I. DIVINE DELIVERANCEDaniel 3:1-30
a. PAGAN DEITY
TEXT: Daniel 3:1-7
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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six...
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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to
c...
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3:2 governors, (c-15) Or 'pachas.' see Ezra 8:36 . counsellors, (d-21)
Or 'lawyers.'...
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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 di...
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SENT — _i.e.,_ sent heralds, as appears from Daniel 3:4. (On the
Babylonian officers, see _Exc._ A.)...
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וּ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֡א
שְׁלַ֡ח לְ מִכְנַ֣שׁ ׀ לַֽ
אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א סִגְנַיָּ֣א
וּֽ פַחֲוָתָ֡א אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא֩
גְדָ֨בְרַיָּ֤א...
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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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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to
co...
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_Nobles. Literally, "satraps," or, "the king's domestics." (Septuagint
in 1 Esdras viii. 36.) --- Judges, or "governors of provinces." (ib.
Theodotion, &c.) --- Captains of the soothsayers. --- Rulers...
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We have here the prosecution of this impious design. Reader! would it
be believed, if fact had not proved it so, that men possessing reason,
should fall down to so ridiculous a figure, as a lifeless,...
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I do not know the derivation of the word “_Satra _p;” but
manifestly all these are names of magistracies, and I allow myself to
translate the words freely, since they are not Hebrew, and the Jews
are...
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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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THEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING SENT TO GATHER TOGETHER THE PRINCES,....
He sent letters, or dispatched messengers, into the several provinces
of his empire, and parts of his dominions, to convene all th...
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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to
co...
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_Then Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather together the princes_, &c. It
would be very difficult, and perhaps impossible, at this distance of
time, to ascertain the proper titles and offices of the several
c...
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THE THREE MEN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH...
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1-7 In the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is
included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates
of gold, not a solid mass of that precious metal. Pride and bigotry...
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This great statue, whether Nebuchadnezzar's own, or Bel, or any other
of his gods, see DANIEL 3:14, must be solemnly dedicated, and
therefore all the peers of the realm are called to it; but whether
t...
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Daniel 3:2 King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 sent H7972 (H8754) together
H3673 (H8749) satraps H324 administrators H5460 governors H6347
counselors H148 treasurers H1411 judges H1884 magistrates H8614 a...
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‘Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps,
the deputies, the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to
come...
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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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_Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, sent to gather together the princes,
the governors._
SOCIETY
Society, the union of the many for the interest of all, seems ever to
have been a principal object of God’...
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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. XII.—THE GOLDEN IMAGE (Chap. Daniel 3:1)
Sudden conversions not always lasting ones. Mere impulses often
evanescent. Men’s goodness sometimes “as the early cloud or as the
morning...
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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 HEIGHT WAS THREE
SCORE CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF AIR CUBITS: HE...
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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 Kings 12:32; Exodus 32:4; Judges 16:23; Numbers 25:2; Proverbs
29:12; Revelation 17:2...
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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 He...