Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Urgent

Bible References

Urgent

Exodus 12:33
Now the Egyptians pressured the people in order to send them quickly out of the country, for they said, “We’re all going to die!”

Slew

Daniel 6:24
The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den—they, their children, and their wives. They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.
Proverbs 21:18
The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.
Zechariah 12:2
“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.
Matthew 27:5
So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.
Acts 12:19
After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

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