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Daniel 3:2 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Daniel 3:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Daniel chapter 3 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”
Daniel 3:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Daniel 3:2
The extensive list of officials—'princes, governors, captains, judges, treasurers, counsellors, sheriffs, and all rulers of the provinces'—emphasizes the ceremony's comprehensive scope. Every level of bureaucracy must attend, ensuring total governmental participation in state religion. This represents the totalitarian impulse to control not just behavior but worship and allegiance. The assembly's diversity (regional, military, judicial, financial leaders) shows the empire's vast reach. Requiring officials' presence tests loyalty—attendance implies consent to the image's worship. Absence would ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Daniel 3:2
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“the deputies”
“all of his officials are wicked.”
“who should be throughout the whole kingdom;”
“and said thus to him”
“and bowed down to their gods.”
“and fashioned it with an engraving tool”
“on the fifteenth day of the month”
“and to rejoice; for they said”
“and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.,With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.,,,,,,,,”