Daniel 3:16-18

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[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. [17] If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. [18] But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

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Babylon was the capital of Nebuchadnezzar’s empire in Mesopotamia, where Judah’s exiles lived under imperial rule. Chaldea refers to the Babylonian region and its ruling people; this setting heightens the three Hebrews’ refusal to worship the king’s image despite mortal danger.

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Daniel 3:16-18 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.