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Då församlade sig satraperna, landshövdingarna och ståthållarna, fogdarna, skattmästarna, domarna, lagtolkarna och alla andra makthavande i hövdingdömena till invigningen av den bildstod som konung Nebukadnessar hade låtit ställa upp och när de så stodo framför den bildstod som Nebukadnessar hade låtit ställa upp,
174. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 3
1-2 Babylon was minded to depart from the worship of the Lord to the worship of another god, which is the statue of gold set up by Nebuchadnezzar. (2)
3-7 All such agreed together, threatening all that they would otherwise be cast into hell. (2, 15)
8-12 Those rulers who worshipped the Lord did not obey; (11)
13-21 they were therefore excommunicated and condemned to hell by Babylon, together with all things of the Lord's church;, (3, 11)
22-25 but still no harm came to them, and it was clearly seen that they were protected by the Lord. (11)
26-30 Babylon was compelled by this to acknowledge and worship the Lord. (11)
