And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
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Gill's Exposition
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army,.... The most famous for courage of mind, and strength of body, that were in all his army:
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego either…
Barnes' Notes
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army - Margin, “mighty of strength.” Chaldee, “And to mighty men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said.” He employed the strongest…
Adam Clarke
The most mighty men - The generals, or chief officers of his army; not strong men, there was no need of such.
In these verses we have,
I. The casting of these three faithful servants of God into the fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar had himself known and owned so much of the true God that, one would have thought,…
Cambridge Bible
the most certain (lit. men: cf. in Heb. Deu 13:13 (14); Jdg 19:22; 1Ki 11:17).