Daniel 3:24

24 De pronto, Nabucodonosor, lleno de asombro, se puso de pie de un salto y exclamó a sus asesores:
—¿No eran tres los hombres que atamos y arrojamos dentro del horno?
—Sí, su Majestad, así es —le contestaron.

Daniel 3:24 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 3:24

Then Nebuchadnezzar was astonished,
At the burning of those that cast the three men into the furnace, as Jacchiades; or he might be seized with a panic, and his spirits filled with fear and dread, the word ^F21 is by some said to signify, and this from the immediate hand of God: and rose up in haste;
from the place where he was, and went to the mouth of the furnace, to see what was become of those that were cast into it: and spake and said unto his counsellors;
who had advised him to do what he had done, out of envy and ill will to these Jews: did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?
that is, was there not an order of council for it? and was it not done according to it? they answered and said, true, O King;
it was certainly so: thus they are brought to bear a testimony to the truth of this; it was not only the king that gave the orders, and saw them obeyed, but his counsellors also; and which they own, and serves to corroborate the truth of the miracle.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (hwt) "expavit", Munster, Piscator, Michaelis; "trepidavit", Gejerus; so Ben Melech from the Targum on Gen. xxvii. 33; "trepidus", Junius & Tremellius.

Daniel 3:24 In-Context

22 Ya que el rey, en su enojo, había exigido que el horno estuviera bien caliente, las llamas mataron a los soldados mientras arrojaban dentro a los tres hombres.

23 De esa forma Sadrac, Mesac y Abed-nego, firmemente atados, cayeron a las rugientes llamas.

24 De pronto, Nabucodonosor, lleno de asombro, se puso de pie de un salto y exclamó a sus asesores:
—¿No eran tres los hombres que atamos y arrojamos dentro del horno?
—Sí, su Majestad, así es —le contestaron.

25 —¡Miren! —gritó Nabucodonosor—. ¡Yo veo a cuatro hombres desatados que caminan en medio del fuego sin sufrir daño! ¡Y el cuarto hombre se parece a un dios!

26 Entonces Nabucodonosor se acercó tanto como pudo a la puerta del horno en llamas y gritó: «¡Sadrac, Mesac y Abed-nego, siervos del Dios Altísimo, salgan y vengan aquí!».
Así que Sadrac, Mesac y Abed-nego salieron del fuego.