Daniel 3:9 (BSB)

saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

From Daniel 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Daniel 3:9

• 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 3:9: They spake and said to Nebuchadnezzar,.... Having got access unto him, and within his hearing, they expressed themselves in the following manner: O king, live for ever; this they said to show their fidelity and hearty attachment to him, and their regard to his welfare, and the continuance of his life; and the rather to ingratiate themselves into his affections, and gain audience of him; See Gill on Dan 2:4.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Daniel 3:9: live for ever--A preface of flattery is closely akin to the cruelty that follows. So Act 24:2-3, &c., Tertullus in accusing Paul before Felix.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Daniel 3:8-12: Dan 3:8-12 The Chaldeans immediately denounced Daniel’s three friends as transgressors of the king’s command. דּנה כּל־קבל, therefore, viz., because the friends of Daniel who were placed over the province of Babylon had not, by falling down before the golden image, done it homage. That they did not do so is not expressly said, but is expressed in what follows.