22 Because the king's order was (A)urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up (B)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell (C)bound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was (D)astonished and rose up (E)in haste. He declared to his (F)counselors, “Did we not cast three men (G)bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, (H)walking in the midst of the fire, and they (I)are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like (J)a son of the gods.”

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