Daniel 3:30

3:30 Then Nebuchadnezzar ¹  promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 2:49

2:49 And at Daniel’s request, the king ²  appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king’s court. ³ 

Daniel 3:13

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage ⁴  demanded that they bring ⁵  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them ⁶  before the king.

Daniel 3:20

3:20 He ordered strong ⁷  soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

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 ⁸  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed ⁹  by the leaping flames. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Aram “and the king.” The proper name has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Aram “and Daniel sought from the king and he appointed.”

³ tn Aram “was at the gate of the king.”

³ tn Aram “in anger and wrath”; NASB “in rage and anger.” The expression is a hendiadys.

⁴ tn The Aramaic infinitive is active.

⁵ tn Aram “these men.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid undue repetition.

⁴ tn This is sometimes taken as a comparative: “[some of the] strongest.”

⁵ tn Aram “caused to go up.”

⁶ tn The Aramaic verb is active.

⁷ tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”