Daniel 3:1-30

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue whose height was sixty cubits and
whose width was six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the
province of Babylon.  Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, the
prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices,
the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to assemble and
come to the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
So the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the
treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the
provinces, assembled for the dedication of the statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.  When they were standing before the statue that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up, the herald proclaimed aloud, "You are
commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound
of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble,
you are to fall down and worship the golden statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar has set up.  Whoever does not fall down and worship shall
immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire."  Therefore, as soon
as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp,
drum, and entire musical ensemble, all the peoples, nations, and languages
fell down and worshiped the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set
up.

Accordingly, at this time certain Chaldeans came forward and denounced the
Jews.  They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!  You, O
king, have made a decree, that everyone who hears the sound of the horn,
pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, shall fall
down and worship the golden statue, and whoever does not fall down and
worship shall be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.  There are certain
Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon:
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  These pay no heed to you, O king.  They
do not serve your gods and they do not worship the golden statue that you
have set up."

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego be brought in; so they brought those men before the king.
Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, that you do not serve my gods and you do not worship the golden
statue that I have set up?  Now if you are ready when you hear the sound
of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble
to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, well and good.  But
if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of
blazing fire, and who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?"

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we
have no need to present a defense to you in this matter.  If our God whom
we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of
your hand, O king, let him deliver us.  But if not, be it known to you, O
king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden
statue that you have set up."

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up
seven times more than was customary, and ordered some of the strongest
guards in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw
them into the furnace of blazing fire.  So the men were bound, still
wearing their tunics, their trousers, their hats, and their other
garments, and they were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.  Because
the king's command was urgent and the furnace was so overheated, the
raging flames killed the men who lifted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down, bound, into
the furnace of blazing fire.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up quickly.  He said to
his counselors, "Was it not three men that we threw bound into the fire?"
They answered the king, "True, O king."  He replied, "But I see four men
unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the
fourth has the appearance of a god."  Nebuchadnezzar then approached the
door of the furnace of blazing fire and said, "Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!  Come here!"  So
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.  And the satraps,
the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together
and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men;
the hair of their heads was not singed, their tunics were not harmed, and
not even the smell of fire came from them.  Nebuchadnezzar said, "Blessed
be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and
delivered his servants who trusted in him.  They disobeyed the king's
command and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god
except their own God.  Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or
language that utters blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for
there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way."  Then the king
promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.