Daniel 3:22

3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted ¹  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ²  by the leaping flames. ³ 

Daniel 3:27

3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically ⁴  unharmed by the fire. ⁵  The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

Daniel 6:15

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and ⁶  said to him, ⁷  “Recall, ⁸  O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed.”

Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ⁹  and those men who had maliciously accused ¹⁰  Daniel were brought and thrown ¹¹  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ¹²  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Daniel 3:12

3:12 But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – and these men ¹³  have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don’t serve your gods and they don’t pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

¹ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

² tn The Aramaic verb is active.

³ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”

⁴ tn Aram “in their bodies.”

⁵ tn Aram “the fire did not have power.”

⁷ tc Theodotion lacks the words “came by collusion to the king and.”

⁸ tn Aram “the king.”

⁹ tn Aram “know”; NAB “Keep in mind”; NASB “Recognize”; NIV, NCV “Remember.”

¹⁰ tn Aram “said.”

¹¹ tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

¹² tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

¹³ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

¹³ sn Daniel’s absence from this scene has sparked the imagination of commentators, some of whom have suggested that perhaps he was unable to attend the dedication due to sickness or due to being away on business. Hippolytus supposed that Daniel may have been watching from a distance.