Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Because the king was in such a rage and demanded they crank the furnace to maximum heat, the flames were so intense that they actually killed the soldiers who were just trying to throw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in.
The fire was so hot it took out the guards before they could even finish the job.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Daniel, set during the Babylonian exile around the 6th century BC, King Nebuchadnezzar had erected a massive golden image and decreed that all people must worship it upon hearing music. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three Jewish exiles faithful to God's commandments, refused to bow down, leading to their being sentenced to death in a fiery furnace. As the king's order was carried out with haste and the furnace heated to an extreme temperature, the flames killed the soldiers who threw them in.
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