Daniel 3:1 KJV
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Words Then and Now
- cubits a measure of length, about eighteen inches Webster’s 1828 · Cubit
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- an image of goldThe attempt of this great king of Babylon to unify the religions of his empire by self- deification will be repeated by the beast, the last head of the...
Matthew Henry
- Nebuchadnezzar's golden imageIn the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates of gold, not a solid mass of...
Thompson Chains
- CubitsSee the chain from Genesis 6:16 · 5 links
- BabylonSee the chain from Genesis 10:10 · 6 links
- NebuchadnezzarSee the chain from 2 Kings 24:1 · 9 links
- Idol MakingSee the chain from Isaiah 40:19 · 6 links
Cross References
- Isaiah 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Jeremiah 16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
- Habakkuk 2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
- Hosea 8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
- 1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 115:4–8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. …
- Psalms 135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
- Isaiah 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
- Isaiah 40:19–31 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. …
- Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
- Acts 19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
- Exodus 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
- Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
- Isaiah 30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
- Jeremiah 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
- Daniel 2:31–32 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. …
- Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
- Exodus 32:2–4 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. …
- Judges 8:26–27 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. …
- 2 Kings 19:17–18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, …
- Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
- Daniel 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
- Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Topics
- Babylon Divisions of
- Coercion Religious
- Dura Plain of Dura
- Fire Torture by
- Indictments Three Hebrew captives on the charge of defiance against authority
- Nebuchadnezzar His administration
- Obedience Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
- Religion The three Hebrews (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego)
- Rulers Nebuchadnezzar, committing the three Hebrews to the furnace
- Shadrach A Hebrew captive in Babylon
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible607–563 BC · Nebuchadnezzar reigns in Babylon
Places
- DuraArea · Location disputed
- BabylonTown · Location well established
- Places in Daniel 3 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- NebuchadnezzarIn the Babylonian orthography Nabu-kudur-uzur, which means “Nebo, protect the crown!” or the “frontiers.” In an inscription he styles...
- DuraThe circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan 3:1. The place still retains its...
- BabylonThe Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of...
Aramaic and Strong’s
- Nebuchadnezzar נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר nĕbûkadneṣṣar נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Proper name
- the king מַלְכָּא malkāʾ מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular determined · with the
- made עֲבַד ʿăbad עֲבַד Verb · peal perfect, third person masculine singular
- an image צְלֵם ṣĕlēm צֶלֶם Noun · masculine singular
- of gold דְהַב dĕhab דְּהַב Noun · masculine singular
- whose height דִּי dî Relative רוּמֵהּ rûmēh רוּם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- threescore שִׁתִּין šittîn שִׁתִּין Number · feminine plural
- cubits אַמִּין ʾammîn אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
- the breadth פְּתָיֵהּ pĕtāyēh פְּתַי Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- thereof six שִׁת šit שֵׁת Number · feminine singular
- cubits אַמִּין ʾammîn אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
- he set it up אֲקִימֵהּ ʾăqîmēh קוּם Verb · aphel perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- in the plain בְּבִקְעַת bĕbiqʿat בִּקְעָא Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of Dura דּוּרָא dûrāʾ דּוּרָא Proper name
- in the province בִּמְדִינַת bimdînat מְדִינָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of Babylon בָּבֶל bābel בַּבֶל Proper name
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