Daniel 3:12 (BSB)
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
From Daniel 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Daniel 3:12
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Daniel 3:8-18: It was strange that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, would be present at this assembly, when, it is likely, they knew for what intent it was called together. Daniel, we may suppose, was absent, either his business calling him away or having leave from the king to withdraw, unless we suppose that he stood so high in the king's favour that none durst complain of him for his noncompliance.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Daniel 3:12: 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 of the king's regard, and improper persons to be put in places of profit and trust, and that the king had done a wrong thing in advancing them: whom thou hast set over the...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Daniel 3:12: serve not thy gods--not only not the golden image, but also not any of Nebuchadnezzar's gods.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Daniel 3:12: 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.