<Tr> <Th> Attributes </Th> <Td> Three men in the fiery furnace </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Patronage </Th> <Td> burn - victims </Td> </Tr> <P> Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are figures from chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel, three Hebrew men thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, when they refuse to bow down to the king's image; the three are preserved from harm and the king sees four men walking in the flames, "the fourth...like a son of God". </P> <P> The first six chapters of Daniel are stories dating from the late Persian / early Hellenistic period, and Daniel's absence from the story of the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace suggests that it may originally have been independent . It forms a pair with the story of Daniel in the lions' den, both making the point that the God of the Jews will deliver those who are faithful to him . </P>

In the bible who was thrown into the fiery furnace