Chapter 3

3:1-30 Make up a short dramatic stories about these events and act it out as a play.

Your play might be in several parts: 3:1-7; 8-12; 13-18; 19-30.

3:1 What did Nebuchadnezzar do? How would you describe the object? Where did he put this object?

3:2 Who did King Nebuchadnezzar call to come together? Why did he do that? Can you think of which people he did not invite? What do you think about all that?

3:3 List those who came. Why do you think that they came? What did they do? What do you think about that?

3:4 What happened next? Who was listening? Which languages did the people speak? What do you think they might have understood? What do you think about that?

3:5 What should people listen for? What should they do when they heard those things? What do you think about that?

3:6 What would happen to anyone who did not obey the king's command? What do you think about that?

3:7 What did the people do? List what you think about the different actions. What might you have done, if you had lived there?

3:8 What happened next? What do you think about that? (See Daniel 2:10–12, 24.)

3:9 When these people came to the king, how did they speak to him? What do you think about that?

3:10, 11 List what they told the king. What do you think about that?

3:12 List what these people told the king. Do you think that what they said was true? What do you think about what they said?

3:13 What was Nebuchadnezzar’s reaction? What did he do? What did his servants do? What do you think about that?

3:14 What did Nebuchadnezzar question the three young men about?

3:15 List what Nebuchadnezzar told the three men. List what you think about the different statements.

3:16 Who answered the king? What did they claim for themselves?

3:17 What did they say would happen? What do you think about that?

3:18 List what they said would happen if God did not rescue them. Why would they not do what the king wanted? What do you think about that?

3:19 What was King Nebuchadnezzar’s reaction? What did he do? What do you think about that?

3:20 What other orders did Nebuchadnezzar give? What do you think about that?

3:21 Did the soldiers undress the prisoners? Why not, do you think?

3:22 What do you learn about the king's command? What happened to the soldiers who threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the fire? What do you think about that?

3:23 What happened to the three friends?

3:24 What astonished king Nebuchadnezzar? Why do you think that Nebuchadnezzar was watching anyway?

3:25 List what the king said. What had happened that he did not expect? What do you think about that?

3:26 What did the king do next? How did Nebuchadnezzar describe the three friends? What did the three friends do? What do you think about all that?

3:27 List those who came to look. List what they saw and smelled. What do you think about that?

3:28 What was Nebuchadnezzar's reaction? Why does he give this order? What do you think about that?

3:29 What did the king’s command require? If people did not obey his command, what was the punishment? Why does Nebuchadnezzar say that he gave this command?

3:30 What happened to the three friends then? What do you think about that? (See Daniel 2:49.)