Cast into fire

19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered and said to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

20And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to throw them into the blazing furnace of fire.

21Then these men were bound in their trousers, their tunics, their cloaks, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the midst of the blazing furnace.

22Because of this, since the king’s command was harsh and the furnace had been heated exceedingly, the flame of the fire killed those men who brought up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

23And these three men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego—fell bound into the midst of the blazing furnace.