Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, in the province of Babylon.

Why, lamb! why, lady! fie, you slug abed! Why, love, I say! madam! sweetheart! why, bride!

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

A pretty pickle, truly, thought I abed here in a strange house in the broad day, with a cannibal and a tomahawk!

Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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 Abed nego.

Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah, of Shadrach and to Mishael, of Meshach and to Azariah, of Abed nego.

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego these men, O king, have not regarded thee they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

I felt worse and worse at last I got up, dressed, and softly going down in my stockinged feet, sought out my stepmother, and suddenly threw myself at her feet, beseeching her as a particular favour to give me a good slippering for my misbehaviour anything indeed but condemning me to lie abed such an unendurable length of time.