ABEDNEGO, is the Chaldee Name Dan. i. 7.given by the King of Babylon’s Officer to Azariah, Daniel’s Companion. This Name imports the Servant of Nago or Nego, which is the Sun or Morning Star, so called because of its Brightness. Abednego was thrown into the fiery Furnace at Babylon, with his two Companions Shadrach and Meshach, for refusing to Dan. iii.adore the Statue which was erected by the Command of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel was in all probability at that Time absent from Babylon, for we do not find that he had the same Fate with his Companions. The Condemnation of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, by God’s Appointment, redounded to his Honour; for he did not suffer them to be injured by the Flames, but sent his Angel in the midst of them, to rescue them out of the Furnace.
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