Bible Commentary

Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 10. sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer ] trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:10”

They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever. 9. spake ] answered (R.V.): see on Dan 2:20. the king Nebuchadnezzar ] Nebuchadnezzar the king, the regular order in Aramaic ( Dan 3:1-2 ; Dan 3:5 ; Dan 3:7 &c.), and often in late Hebrew (as Hag 1:1; Hag 1:15; Neh 2:1; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:9”

Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. 8. certain Chaldeans ] probably, though not here necessarily, the learned class among the Babylonians (as Dan 1:4, Dan 2:2 &c.). See p. 12 ff. accused ] The figure in the original is a peculiar one, lit. ‘ ate the ( torn) pieces … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:8”

Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down [and] worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 7. sackbut ] trigon. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:7”

And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 6. the same hour ] Cf. Dan 3:15, Dan 4:33, Dan 5:5 (also ‘hour’ alone, Dan 4:16). The expression is common in Syriac, as in the Pesh. of Mat 8:3; Mat 27:48; Mar 1:42; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:6”

[That] at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 5. cornet ] lit. horn: so Dan 3:7 ; Dan 3:10 ; Dan 3:15; elsewhere in this sense only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:5”

Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, 4. And the herald cried aloud ] lit. with might: Son 4:14; Son 5:7; and in Heb. (though the substantive is a different one) Jon 3:8. peoples, nations, and languages ] the same pleonastic combination, Dan 3:7 ; Dan 3:29, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:4”

Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3. The names of officials are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:3”

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 2. princes ] satraps, Aram. ’achashdarpan, both this and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:2”

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 1. Nebuchadnezzar ] Sept., Theod., Pesh. prefix ‘In the eighteenth year,’ which would be the year before Jerusalem was finally taken by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 3:1”