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Hananiah and Nebuchadnezzar
How Hananiah and Nebuchadnezzar are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Hananiah served Nebuchadnezzar.
Hananiah, called Shadrach, was among the young men of Judah trained three years for Nebuchadnezzar's service. The king found none like them and set them over the affairs of Babylon.
so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king
Daniel 1:5, King James Version
among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king
Daniel 1:19, King James Version
he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon
Daniel 2:49, King James Version
Where they cross: Daniel 1:18-19
Hananiah confronted Nebuchadnezzar.
Hananiah, called Shadrach, refused with his companions to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden image and told the king "we are not careful to answer thee in this matter". After the furnace the king blessed their God.
we are not careful to answer thee in this matter
Daniel 3:16, King James Version
Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
Daniel 3:28, King James Version
Where they cross: Daniel 3:13-18
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Daniel 1:5
5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Daniel 1:18-19
18Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
19And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Daniel 2:49
49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Daniel 3:13-18
13Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:28
28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
King James Version