Book of Daniel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 901
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
is a GOD of Gods, who makes kings, and reveals the hidden, since you have been able to disclose this hidden Qanizl is §rzrzn¤i2h. The King afterwards promoted
Daniel, and presented him with great gifts, and made him Governor over all the Province of Babel, and Presi- dent of all the Scientists of Babel. Daniel, however, asked it from the King, and he appointed as Adminis- trators of the Province of Babel Shadrak, Meshak, and Abed-nego. But Daniel continued at the King’s Court. @132 Gnlbm ®¤hzmu. 3 Nebukadnezzar the King made a. Golden Column, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six. He erected it on the plain of Dura, in the Province of Babel. Qzhimiinn nf the ®¤Ihzn Qlulumu. Then Nebukadnezzar sent to col-
lect the Viceroys, Presidents, and Lawyers; the judges, the Treasurers, the Counsellors, the justices, and all the Governors of Provinces, to assemble for the dedication of the column that King Nebukadnezzar had erected. Consequently all the `Viceroys, the
Presidents, and Lawyers, with judges, Treasurers, the Counsellors, the justices and all Governors of Provinces assembled to the dedica- tion of the Column that King Nebu- kadnezzar had set up. Then the Herald proclaimed 7 W32 Qfizrg $1xr1mr2. ‘ It is commanded to you.-Peoples,
Nations, and Languages, that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, sackbut, psaltery, bagpi e, g and all kinds of music, you shall ll down and worship the Column of Gold that Nebukadnezzar the King has erected l—And whoever does not fall down and worship it,-—·—shall imme- diately be flung into the middle of the burning fiery furnace l ’ Consequently at the time appointed
when all the Peoples heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the 3-1y
sackbut, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, all the Peoples Nations, and Languages, fell and worshipped the Golden Column that King Nehukadnezzar had set up l Eb: $2ius Qcruszh uf nut @¤rslyipping il. However, at that time some men of
the Kasdim approached and accused the jews. They addressed King Nebukadnezzar, May you live for ever, King !-·—Did
not you yourself, King, appoint a Decree for all men, when they heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sackbnt, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall downandworshiptheGoldenColumn? And that whoever did not fall down and worship, should immediately be Hung into the middle ofthe burning fiery furnace ?—But there are men of the jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the Pro- vince of Babel, Shadrak, Meshak, and Abed-nego ;—these men have not obeyed you, King! They have not fallen down to your`God; and have not worshipped the Golden Column that you have set up I Then Nebukadnezzar, in rage and
fury, commanded Shadrak, Meshak and Abed—nego to be brought. And the men were brought before the King; when Nebukadnezzar addressed and said to them. ‘ Shadrak, Meshak, and Abed-nego,
why do you not honour and fall down to my God, nor worship the Golden Column I have erected? However, are you prepared, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the Column that__,I have made P-·—·If you will not worship, you shall be imme- diately dung into the middle of the burning fiery furnace !—-And who is the God that can deliver you from Shadrak, Meshak, and Abed·nego
replied, and said to King Nebukad- nezzar;——- ‘We do not care enough about
this Decree to answer you l-Be sure i thereis a GOD Whom we worship, Who is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace I And HE will deliver us from your hand, King! QOI IO II I2 16
