- Does the text indicate that this particular statue was representative of any particular being, animal, or human?
- Does the text indicate that this statue was in any way related to the “religious practices” of the Babylonians?
- And, finally, does the text indicate why the king would have erected such a statue?
- Daniel 3:8 makes reference to the fact that “certain Chaldeans came forward to slander the Jews.” As a matter of fact, was this slander or a correct report? (see Daniel 3:13-18)
- What astonishes the king (Daniel 3:24-25)?
- According to Daniel 3:28 what does this experience yield where the king is concerned?
- Would Daniel 3:29 be understood to mean that the king had legislated worship of the “Jewish” God?
- Is there any introduction which explains what appears to be a “royal announcement” in Daniel 3:31-33?
- In sum, is it the intent of this chapter that Nebuchadnezzar became a convert to Judaism (at least in terms of worshipping Elohim) or, rather, that he recognized the “potency” of the “most high God?”
- And, where is Daniel when all of this is going on — does the chapter indicate or imply?
