How many men did the King of Babylon throw into the fiery furnace?

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon threw 3 of his Jewish servants into the fiery furnace when they refused to worship him as a god. When the king went to look, four men were walking in fire: the three he had thrown and an angel protecting them. The whole account of this event is contained in the book of Daniel, chapter 3.

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Paris Desinz

They would rather die than worship any other God but Jehovah, the Great I Am!

Suzanne Thomas

I can even tell your their names and why they were thrown in the furnace.

Summer Hall

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Daniel 3

David Roy

The fourth figure was not an angel but "one like a Son of Man", the description Jesus used for himself.

Coral Harvey

Nebuchadnezzar had the gift of prophecy but these were dreams inspired by the devil. Daniel had the gift of prophecy but these were the gift from God .

Chris Baz

yep, then the aliens saved them 👍

Lawanta

Linda Johnson, it was considered to be a "Christophony", a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ!

Lawanta

Jerry Edwards, this was considered to be a "Christophony", a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ.

Lawanta

David Roy, considered to be a "Christophony", a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus Christ! 💜

Jerry Edwards

Linda Stegall, Nope.. don't agree with your statement. Jesus Christ was the "son" of God and all references to him are in the New Testament.

Linda Stegall

Jerry Edwards, Because Jesus has always been just like God.

Jerry Edwards

Isn't "Daniel" in the Old Testament? It that is so, how could the angel be Jesus?

illonabird

Harrison Linda, I have seen comments complaining about religion, dog breeds, American sports,European sports, foreign culinary, rap music and a myriad of other subjects. If QC were to acquiesce to all these requests, we would have questions only about movies and then someone would complain about them also.