Daniel 3:20 (BSB)
and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.
From Daniel 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Daniel 3:20
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Daniel 3:19-27: In these verses we have, I. The casting of these three faithful servants of God into the fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar had himself known and owned so much of the true God that, one would have thought, though his pride and vanity induced him to make this golden image, and set it up to be worshipped, yet what these young men now said (whom he had...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Daniel 3:20: And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army,.... The most famous for courage of mind, and strength of body, that were in all his army: to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego either their hands or their feet, or both; unless it can be thought that they were all three bound together in one bundle, and so cast into the furnace; which...
- Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Daniel 3:20: The most mighty men - The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong men, there was no need of such.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Daniel 3:19-20: Dan 3:19-20 The judgment pronounced on the accused, their punishment, and their miraculous deliverance. After the decided refusal of the accused to worship his gods, Nebuchadnezzar changed his countenance toward them. Full of anger at such obstinacy, he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times greater than was usual (Dan 3:19), and that the rebels should be bound in their clothes by powerful...