Discovery BoxDaniel 3:20-22 
Context3:20 He ordered strong 1 soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. 3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, 2 and were thrown into the furnace 3 of blazing fire. 3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted 4 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed 5 by the leaping flames. 6
1 tn This is sometimes taken as a comparative: “[some of the] strongest.”
2 sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.
3 tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.
4 tn Aram “caused to go up.”
5 tn The Aramaic verb is active.
6 tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”
