1. What did Nebuchadnezzar make? For what purpose?
   
   
2. What would suggest that much significance was attached to worshipping this image?
   
   
3. What punishment was specified for any who refused to worship the image?
   
   
4. Who refused to worship the image?
   
   
5. What did the king ask Shadrach, Meshach, and Abnego in vs. 14, and what did he mean?
   
   
6. What did Nebuchadnezzar say that reflected his attitude toward the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
   
   
7. Were these three men convinced that God would certainly save them, and is this the reason they were able to abide by their convictions and refuse to worship the image?
   
   
8. The KJV says, "he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated" (3:19).  What does that mean?
   
   
9. In what condition were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the furnace?
   
   
10. What did Nebuchadnezzar see when he looked into the furnace?
    
    
11. When the three men came out of the furnace, in what condition were they?
    
    
12. In what vs. do we first see a change in Nebuchadnezzar's attitude toward the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
    
    
13. What phrase in this chapter is the key phrase that represents the theme of this chapter?