Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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Gill's Exposition
And others had trial of cruel mockings,.... As Samson by the Philistines; Elisha by the children, whom the bears devoured; Jeremiah by Pashur, and others; the Jews by Sanballat and Tobiah, when…
Barnes' Notes
Quenched the violence of fire - As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did; Dan 3:15-26. “Escaped the edge of the sword.” As Elijah did when he fled from Ahab, 1Ki 19:3; as Elijah did when he was…
Adam Clarke
Quenched the violence of fire - As in the case of the three faithful Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who, for their steady attachment to God's worship, were cast into a fiery furnace, in…
The apostle having given us a classis of many eminent believers, whose names are mentioned and the particular trials and actings of their faith recorded, now concludes his narrative with a more…
Cambridge Bible
quenched the violence of fire Dan 3:25; 1Ma 2:59.
escaped the edge of the sword David (1Sa 18:11; 1Sa 19:10, &c.), Elijah (1Ki 19:2), Elisha (2Ki 6:12-17; Jer 26:24, &c.).
out of weakness were made…
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