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Daniel · read by Murray McCandless
30 verses, in order. Only the verses Murray read aloud are shown.
Daniel 3
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King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up."Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up."Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, "Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?" "Certainly, O king," they replied.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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"Look!" he exclaimed. "I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!"Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!" So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,Read from KJV · Daniel Chapter 3
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Nebuchadnezzar declared, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king's command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.Read from KJV · The Power of Influence
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Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.Read from ESV · Daniel Chapter 3
Daniel 6
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Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,Read from KJV · Say No
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and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.Read from KJV · Say No
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Finally these men said, "We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God."Read from KJV · Say No
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Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.Read from NKJV · Say No
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So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: "Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?" The king replied, "According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed."Read from KJV · Say No
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As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.Read from KJV · Say No
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A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.Read from KJV · Say No
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.Read from KJV · Say No
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At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.Read from NKJV · Say No
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When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"Read from KJV · Say No
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The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.Read from KJV · Say No
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He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions."Read from KJV · Say No
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So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.Read from NKJV · Say No