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Meshach in the Bible — Who Was Meshach? | nocap.bible

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Meshach

One of the three friends who survived the fiery furnace — real name Mishael

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A Jewish exile in Babylon, originally named Mishael, renamed Meshach by the Babylonians (Daniel 1:7). Alongside Shadrach and Abednego, he refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue. Their response to the king is one of the hardest lines in Scripture: 'Our God is able to deliver us... but even if He does not, we will not serve your gods' (Daniel 3:17-18). They walked through the fire with a fourth figure and came out untouched.

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