“ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. ”
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews - It does not appear that they accused the Jews in general, but particularly Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel 3:12...
Daniel 3. The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace. Nebuchadnezzar made a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order....
certain . men: probably our grandees. Plural of Chaldee. g ebar. App-14. Chaldeans . See note on Daniel 1:4 .
Although their intention is not here expressed who accused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, yet we gather from this event that the thing was most probably done on purpose when the king set up t...
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. Accused the Jews - That is, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. The other Jews were left unnoticed; and probably at this time D...
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews - literally, ate the torn limbs or flesh of...
The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall down and worship the...
Wherefore. — i.e., because certain Jews were noticed to be absent at the time. It is natural to suppose that the promotion of three men of Jewish extraction would have been viewed with the greate...
THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in its imaginative g...
Loyalty Severely Tested Daniel 3:1-18 The king, at the close of the foregoing chapter, acknowledged the supremacy of Daniel's God, yet here he erects an image to Bel and to himself, demanding d...
The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head...
It is very evident, that the whole design of this new dunghill God set up, was, with a view to criminate the faithful Jews. And as upon the late occasion, at the instance of Daniel; those three men w...
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near ,.... That is, to King Nebuchadnezzar, either in his palace at Babylon, or more likely in the plain of Dura: and accused the Jews ; particularly...
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. Ver. 8. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. ] All the Jews are accused, because some...
At that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews It is not improbable that these Chaldeans were such as envied these friends of Daniel their preferments, having perhaps themselves exp...
The Hebrew Princes Accused; Fortitude of the Jewish Princes. B. C. 587. 8 Wherefore at...
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‘For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusations (literally ‘ate their pieces' i.e. chewed over publicly what they had heard) against the Judeans.' We are probably t...
HOMILETICS SECT. XIII.—THE FIERY FURNACE (Chap. Daniel 3:8-27 ) God has never left Himself without a witness. An Enoch and a Noah found on the eve of the Flood; an Abraham in Chaldea, and a Lot...
Chaldeans Compare the conduct of Daniel, ( Daniel 2:24 ).
Daniel 3 I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance. II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or,...
Daniel 3:1 . An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits. As the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedesta...
O king, live for ever. The Golden Image Set Up These last words, “O king, live for ever,” were designed by those who uttered them as the expression of the most gross and servile adulation, and...
EXPOSITION Daniel 3:1-27 THE GOLDEN IMAGE , AND THE FIERY FURNACE . Daniel 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was three score cubits, and the...
The Three Men Loyal to Jehovah
1 Peter 4:3 ; 1 Peter 4:4 ; Acts 16:20-22 ; Acts 17:6-8 ; Acts 28:22 ; Daniel 6:12 ; Daniel 6:13 ; Esther 3:6 ; Esther 3:8 ; Esther 3:9 ; Ezra 4:12-16
Nebuchadnezzar's Image of Gold Daniel 3:1-30 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Daniel in Babylon. (1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the...