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Selected Verse: Daniel 3:12 - Strong Concordance

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Da 3:12 Strong Concordance There are [0383] certain [01400] Jews [03062] whom [03487] thou hast set [04483] over [05922] the affairs [05673] of the province [04083] of Babylon [0895], Shadrach [07715], Meshach [04336], and Abednego [05665]; these [0479] men [01400], O king [04430], have [07761] not [03809] regarded [02942] thee [05922]: they serve [06399] not [03809] thy gods [0426], nor [03809] worship [05457] the golden [01722] image [06755] which thou hast set up [06966].
  King James There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
serve not thy gods--not only not the golden image, but also not any of Nebuchadnezzar's gods.
 
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1 Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] made [05648] an image [06755] of gold [01722], whose height [07314] was threescore [08361] cubits [0521], and the breadth [06613] thereof six [08353] cubits [0521]: he set it up [06966] in the plain [01236] of Dura [01757], in the province [04083] of Babylon [0895].
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] sent [07972] to gather together [03673] the princes [0324], the governors [05460], and the captains [06347], the judges [0148], the treasurers [01411], the counsellors [01884], the sheriffs [08614], and all [03606] the rulers [07984] of the provinces [04083], to come [0858] to the dedication [02597] of the image [06755] which Nebuchadnezzar [05020] the king [04430] had set up [06966].
49 Then Daniel [01841] requested [01156] of [04481] the king [04430], and he set [04483] Shadrach [07715], Meshach [04336], and Abednego [05665], over [05922] the affairs [05673] of the province [04083] of Babylon [0895]: but Daniel [01841] sat in the gate [08651] of the king [04430].