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Meshach

Also called Mishael

Mentioned 602–579 BC traditional (Jones)

One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, from which they were miraculously delivered (3:13-30).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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18 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Meshach: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Meshach, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Babylon3

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 627–554 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Meshach’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Meshach in 18 tagged verses in one book.

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  1. Daniel18

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMeshach 15Mishael 8
KJVMeshach 15Mishael 8
ASVMeshach 15Mishael 8

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Every verse

All 18 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Daniel18 verses
  1. 1:6

    Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

  2. 1:7

    The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

  3. 1:11

    Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  4. 1:19

    And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.

  5. 2:17

    Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  6. 2:49

    And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

  7. 3:12

    But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

  8. 3:13

    Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

  9. 3:14

    and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?

  10. 3:16

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

  11. 3:19

    At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

  12. 3:20

    and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.

  13. 3:22

    The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

  14. 3:23

    And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.

  15. 3:26

    Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

  16. 3:28

    Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

  17. 3:29

    Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

  18. 3:30

    Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, from which they were miraculously delivered (3:13-30). His Chaldean name was Meshach (q.v.).