Discovery BoxDaniel 3:21-22 
Context3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, 1 and were thrown into the furnace 2 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 3 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed 4 by the leaping flames. 5
1 sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.
2 tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.
3 tn Aram “caused to go up.”
4 tn The Aramaic verb is active.
5 tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”
