20<\/strong>. the most<\/em> ] certain<\/strong> (lit. men<\/em>: cf. in Heb. Deu 13:13<\/span> (14); Jdg 19:22<\/span>; 1Ki 11:17<\/span>).<\/p>\n And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army – <\/B>Margin, mighty of strength. Chaldee, And to mighty men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said. He employed the strongest men that could be found for this purpose.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 20. The most mighty men<\/B><\/I>] The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong<\/I> men, there was no need of such.<\/P> <\/p>\n Did he think these three men would have resisted, or that their God would defend them from his power, or that, if he had, the king and his mighty men could have prevailed? None of all this was in the case, for God purposed to show his power when the king did his worst, and to quench the violence of the fire, both of the furnace and of the kings fury, at once; and in the thing wherein he dealt proudly, to be above him. <\/P> <\/p>\n And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army<\/strong>,…. The most famous for courage of mind, and strength of body, that were in all his army:<\/p>\n to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego<\/strong> either their hands or their feet, or both; unless it can be thought that they were all three bound together in one bundle, and so cast into the furnace; which is not improbable, as Gejerus observes; seeing the king afterwards wondered to see them walk separately in the furnace: there was no need to bind them, for they would not have resisted; and if he ordered this to secure them from the power of their God, it was vain and foolish:<\/p>\n and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace<\/strong>: if they were all three bound together, it required some able bodied men to take them up and cast them in, especially if the furnace was above them; though it is more probable that it was a more depressed place, or below them, and so the cast was more easy.<\/p>\n (20) The most mighty men.<\/strong>He selected these as being the most likely to be able to bear the unusual heat of the fire. Whether he had any expectation that some attempt at a rescue would be made does not appear. We may gather, however, that the army was present at this horrible tragedy.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> This choice of executioners was made in order to add impressiveness to this public warning against disobedience to the king and disrespect to the national gods. How puny and weak these Hebrew youths appear beside these giants of the royal bodyguard.<\/p>\n Dan 3:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>The most mighty men<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> His guards; <\/em>whom he employed, according to the ancient custom, to execute criminals. <\/p>\n Dan 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. And he commanded the most mighty men.<\/strong> ] That they might be the more strongly bound, and no resistance made.<\/p>\n most mighty men. Chaldee = mighty [ones] of strength. <\/p>\n to bind. Chaldee. kephath. Occurs only here and verses: Dan 3:21, Dan 3:23, Dan 3:24. <\/p>\n most mighty men: Chal, mighty of strength <\/p>\n to bind: Dan 3:15, Act 12:4, Act 12:5, Act 16:23, Act 16:25 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Sa 22:16 – Thou shalt Psa 21:9 – Thou Psa 76:10 – Surely Psa 140:10 – let them Dan 5:19 – whom he would he slew Mat 2:16 – was exceeding Mat 22:13 – Bind<\/p>\n Dan 3:20. There was no occasion for Nebuchadnezzar to employ the most mighty men for this execution, lor the Hebrews bad given no indication iliac they would resist. But the king was being driven on by a blinding fury and was inclined to exhibit the worst possible spirit of vengeance.<\/p>\n The fact that they were fully clothed when thrown into the furnace (Dan 3:21) will feature later in the story. The Medo-Persian nobles later tried to have Daniel executed by getting King Darius to throw him to the lions (Dan 6:7; cf. Rev 12:10). That the men who threw them into the fire perished is testimony to the faithfulness of God’s promise to Abraham (Gen 12:3). God cursed those who cursed His chosen people. Compare the fate of Haman (Est 7:10). Their fate should have warned the king.<\/p>\n "Judging from bas-reliefs, it would seem that Mesopotamian smelting furnaces tended to be like an old-fashioned glass milk-bottle in shape, with a large opening for the insertion of the ore to be smelted and a smaller aperture at ground level for the admission of wood and charcoal to furnish the heat. There must have been two or more smaller holes at this same level to permit the insertion of pipes connected with large bellows, when it was desired to raise the temperature beyond what the flue or chimney would produce. Undoubtedly the furnace itself was fashioned of very thick adobe, resistant to intense heat. The large upper door was probably raised above the level of the fire bed so that the metal smelted from the ore would spill on the ground in case the crucibles were upset." [Note: Archer, "Daniel," p. 56.] <\/span><\/p>\n And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. 20. the most ] certain (lit. men: cf. in Heb. Deu 13:13 (14); Jdg 19:22; 1Ki 11:17). 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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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