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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of
gold whose height was three score cubits

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and the breadth thereof six cubits.

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He set it up in the plain of Dura in the
province of Babylon.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to
gather together the princes, the

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governors, and the captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counselors,

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the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the
provinces to come to the dedication of the

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image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had
set up.

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Then the princes, the governors,
and captains, the judges, the treasurers,

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the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the
rulers of the provinces were gathered

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together under the dedication of the image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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And they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is
commanded, O people, nations, and

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languages, that at what time ye hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp,

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sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds
of music, ye fall down and worship the

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golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king
hath set up.

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And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth
shall the same hour be cast into the midst

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of a burning fiery furnace.

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Therefore at that time, when all the
people heard the sound of the cornet,

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flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and all kinds of music, all the people,

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the nations, and the languages fell down
and worshiped the golden image that

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Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans
came near and accused the Jews.

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They spake and said to the king
Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.

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Thou, O king, hast made a decree that
every man that shall hear the sound of the

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cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and dulcimer, and all kinds of music,

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shall fall down and worship the golden
image.

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And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth,
that he should be cast into the midst of a

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burning fiery furnace.

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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set
over the affairs of the province of

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Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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These men, O king, have not regarded thee.

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They serve not thy gods, nor worship the
golden image which thou hast set up.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar, in his rage and fury,
commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach,

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and Abednego.

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Then they brought these men before the
king.

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Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them,
Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach,

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and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods,
nor worship the golden image which I have

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set up?

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Now if ye be ready, that at what time ye
hear the sound of the cornet, flute,

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harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of music, ye fall down and

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worship the image which I have made.

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Well, but if ye worship not, ye shall be
cast the same hour into the midst of a

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burning fiery furnace.

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And who is that god that shall deliver you
out of my hands?

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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar,

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we are not careful to answer thee in this
matter.

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If it be so, our god whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery

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furnace, and he will deliver us out of
thine hand, O king.

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But if not, be it known unto thee,
O king, that we will not serve thy gods,

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nor worship the golden image which thou
hast set up.

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Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury,
and the form of his visage was changed

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against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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Therefore he spake, and commanded that
they should heat the furnace one seven

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times more than it was wont to be heated.

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And he commanded the most mighty men that
were in his army to bind Shadrach,

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Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them
into the burning fiery furnace.

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Then these men were bound in their coats,
their hosen and their hats, and their

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other garments, and were cast into the
midst of the burning fiery furnace.

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Therefore, because the king's commandment
was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot,

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the flame of the fire slew those men that
took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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And these three men, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound

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into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was
astonished, and rose up in haste,

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and spake, and said unto his counsellors,
Did not we cast three men bound into the

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midst of the fire?

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They answered and said unto the king,
True, O king.

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He answered and said, No, I see four men
loose, walking in the midst of the fire,

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and they have no herd, and the form of the
fourth is like the Son of God.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth
of the burning fiery furnace, and spake,

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and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
ye servants of the Most High God,

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come forth, and come hither.

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Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came
forth of the midst of the fire.

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And the princes, governors, and captains,
and the king's counsellors, being gathered

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together, saw these men, upon whose bodies
the fire had no power, nor was a hair of

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their head singed, neither were their
coats changed, nor the smell of fire had

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passed on them.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said,
Blessed be the God of Shadrach,

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Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his
angel, and delivered his servants that

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trusted in him, and have changed the
king's word, and yielded their bodies,

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that they might not serve nor worship any
god except their own god.

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Therefore I make a decree, that every
people, nation, and language, which speak

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anything amiss against the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,

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shall be cut in pieces, and their houses
shall be made a dunghill, because there is

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no other god that can deliver after this
sort.

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Then the king promoted Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.