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Daniel 3:8
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — At the moment all nations fall down to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue, Chaldean officials approach the throne to lodge a formal complaint against the Jewish exiles.
The words — The text identifies the accusers as כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑ין (kas.da.'In), meaning Chaldean men, who קְרִ֖בוּ (ke.Ri.vu) or approached the king to deliver their report.
The thread — This pattern of foreign officials approaching a ruler to denounce a specific ethnic group recurs in Ezra 4:12 and Esther 3:8, while the procedural approach to the king mirrors Daniel 6:12.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to recognize how political accusations are timed to exploit royal authority and religious uniformity, demanding vigilance against institutionalized prejudice.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:12 Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls and repairing its foundations.
- Esther 3:8 Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Daniel 6:12 So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- Esther 3:6 And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
- Daniel 2:10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- Acts 16:20 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
- Acts 17:6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
- Acts 28:22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.