²¹ Then these men were tied up in their ^(A)trousers, their ^[a]coats, their caps, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire. ²² For this reason, because the king’s ^[b]command was ^(B)harsh and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. ²³ But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ^(C)fell into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.