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Daniel 3:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Daniel 3:23

Verse 23 of 30

Scripture focus

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 3:23

Theological / Devotional

Burning fiery furnace. Following v. 23, manuscripts of the oldest translations of Daniel, the LXX and Theodotion, contain a long Apocryphal addition of 68 verses, called “The Song of the Three Holy Children.” The song consists of three parts: (1) Prayer of Azarias (Abednego), composed of both confession and supplication (vs. 24-45); (2) a prose interlude, describing the heating of the fire and the descent of the angel of the Lord to cool the flames (vs. 46-50); (3) the benediction of the three (vs. 51-91). Although recognized by Jerome as spurious, this Apocryphal addition found its way into Roman Catholic Bibles as canonical. Scholars debate whether the song is of Christian or Jewish origin. A number of them believe the work was produced approximately 100 B.C. See p. 744.

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