Skip to main content

Person

Meshach

companion of Daniel

One of Daniel's companions delivered from the fiery furnace.

18 appearances1 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

court name given to Mishael, one of the Judean youths taken into 's service and trained in the literature of the Chaldeans. With and he refuses the rich food of the king's table and later refuses to worship the great golden image. Cast into a furnace heated seven times hotter than usual, the three emerge with no smell of fire on their clothing, and the king promotes them in the province of .

People, places, and events in this story

These connections are explicitly linked in this entity's source description.

Places in this story

Places explicitly linked from this entity's description. Select a marker to open its page.

Where this appears in Scripture

Start with the key scenes, then open the complete evidence by book or reference type.

Key passages

All appearances18