Prayer of Azariah 1:23-27

Heating the fire

23 Now the king's aides, who had thrown them into the furnace, were constantly feeding the fire with petroleum, tar, kindling, and dry sticks.

24 Flame shot out of the furnace to a height of more than seventy feet,

25 spreading out and burning the Babylonians who stood near the furnace.

26 But the Lord's angel came down among Azariah and his friends and waved the fiery flames out of the furnace.

27 He made the middle of the furnace seem like a cool breeze was blowing through it. The fire didn't touch them at all; it didn't hurt or upset them.