Daniel 3:20

Schlachter Bibel

Und den stärksten Männern in seinem Heere befahl er, Sadrach, Mesach und Abednego zu binden und sie in den glühenden Feuerofen zu werfen.

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Und er befahl den besten Kriegsleuten, die in seinem Heer waren, daß sie Sadrach, Mesach und Abed-Nego bänden und in den glühenden Ofen würfen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

most mighty men: Chal, mighty of strength

to bind: Daniel 3:15, Acts 12:4, Acts 12:5, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:25

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:16 - Thou shalt Psalms 21:9 - Thou Psalms 76:10 - Surely Psalms 140:10 - let them Daniel 5:19 - whom he would he slew Matthew 2:16 - was exceeding Matthew 22:13 - Bind

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army,.... The most famous for courage of mind, and strength of body, that were in all his army:

to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 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:

and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace: 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army - 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 20. The most mighty men — The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong men, there was no need of such.