BIBLE PEOPLE | MISHAEL

1. Bible People

a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places. 

b) Here is a brief biography of such a person during Bible times.

2. Mishael (named later as Meshach)

a) Mishael was one of the three friends of Daniel who was cast into the fiery furnace. 

b) He was taken to Babylon with Daniel, Hananiah, and Azariah, by Nebuchadnezzar after the siege of Jerusalem (Daniel 1:3-7). His name was changed to Meshach by the Chaldeans. He entered the king's service with his friends and became one of the wisest men in Babylon. Later, because he would not worship the statue of Nebuchadnezzar, he was thrown into the furnace with his two friends. But they survived while praying to God, and "the fire in no way touched them or caused them pain or harm" (Daniel 3). Mishael means "Who is what God is?"