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Shadrach

Faithful Servant in Babylon

Babylonian Exile (c. 605–562 BC)

Name Information

Meaning
"Command of Aku" (Babylonian name); Hebrew name Hananiah means "The Lord is gracious"
Language of Origin
Hebrew
Gender Usage
Masculine

Shadrach was one of Daniel’s friends who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image and was thrown into a fiery furnace, yet delivered by God.

Roles

Servant of GodOfficial in Babylon

Relationships

Friend
Daniel, Meshach, Abednego

Story

Refused to bow to the king’s golden image.

Cast into a furnace heated seven times hotter.

Seen walking unharmed in the flames with a fourth figure 'like a son of the gods'.

Spiritual Significance

  1. 1Stood firm against idolatry at risk of death.
  2. 2Experienced miraculous deliverance in the fiery furnace.

Christ Connection

The fourth figure in the furnace is often seen as a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ.

What We Can Learn

  1. 1Stand firm in faith regardless of the cost.
  2. 2God’s presence is with His people in trials.

Memory Verses

The God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.

Daniel 3:17

Key Passages

Daniel 3

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