²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and ^(A)no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

²⁰ And when they prevailed^[a] over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, ^(A)for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea ^(B)because they trusted in him.

²⁷ And the ^(A)satraps, the prefects, the governors, and ^(B)the king's counselors gathered together and saw that ^(C)the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their ^(D)cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. ²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of ^(E)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who ^(F)has sent his angel and ^(G)delivered his servants, who ^(H)trusted in him, and set aside^[a] the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than ^(I)serve and worship any god except their own God.

²⁵ He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, ^(A)walking in the midst of the fire, and they ^(B)are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like ^(C)a son of the gods.”

²³ And Jesus said to him, ^(A)“‘If you can’! ^(B)All things are possible for one who believes.”

¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; ^(A)no diversions were brought to him, and ^(B)sleep fled from him.