The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
The king's command was so sharp and urgent that the furnace was heated beyond all ordinary measure; the heat was such that the very servants who brought the three men to the mouth of it perished by the flames. This excess itself shows the miracle, that they survived at all in such a conflagration.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:22-23
flame . . . slew those men-- (Dan 6:24; Psa 7:16).
Rage blinds a man to reason; Nebuchadnezzar had known the true God, yet pride made him furious at these young men's refusal, and fury changed his very face into the likeness of a wild beast. His anger did not cool his judgment, it burned away all that remained of his wisdom.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:19-27