96 should be given. The signal was to be the sound of music; and to ensure compliance it was added, that if any person shoul;l refuse to obey this command of the king of Bion, be should that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery forne Presently the bands of music began to play, and in an instant the whole multitude of people had prostrated themselves on the earth before the golden image. But who are those men standing, while all the rest have their faces in the dust 2 They are Daniel's three friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah ; or, as ue Baby lonians called them, Shādrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These commoily feared and obeyed Nebuchadnezzar, but they feared their God much more, and He had forbidden them to worship any idols. There they Sl೦೦, calmly and without fear, although they had heard the threats of the king, and knew that he would certainly execute them.
