meshach Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of {Meshach}; and to Azariah, of Abednego. meshach Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel [sat] in the gate of the king. meshach 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 the golden image which thou hast set up. meshach Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. meshach Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? meshach Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter. meshach Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. meshach And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. meshach Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego. meshach And these three men, Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. meshach Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. meshach Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. meshach Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. meshach Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. meshach Then the king promoted Shadrach, {Meshach}, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. ~~~~~~