Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 3:22

22 Therefore because the kings commandment was urgent , and the furnace exceeding ing hot, the flame of the fire slew these men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

Which made them the more hasty, and precipitate in their execution, and took less care for themselves, against the violence of the flame.

A signal hand of God upon such as execute wicked commands, who though mighty men, had no might to escape the flame at the mouth of the Furnace, when the other escaped in the midst of it.

Marginal references: Chald. [illegible: 1 span]; Or, [illegible: 1 span]