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Encyclopedia > The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children

The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children, omitted from Protestant Bibles as an apocryphal addition, is a lengthy passage Daniel 3, that would come between verses 23 and 24 in Protestant Bibles. This addition contains the prayer of Azariah (Abednego in Babylonian; see Daniel 1:6-7) while the three youths were in the fiery furnace, a brief account of the angel who met them in the furnace, and the hymn of praise they sang when they realized they were delivered. Azariah, meaning God[s] help[ed] in Hebrew, is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible, including the following: Azariah in the Books of Kings 2 Kings 15:1-12 he is the king of Judah [1], (also known as Uzziah of Judah in rabbinical scholarship). ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Bible (tanak/h in hebrew language) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity... Apocrypha is a Greek word (απόκρυφα, neuter plural of απόκρυφος), from αποκρυπτειν, to hide away. ... This article is about the Biblical book. ... A story from the Book of Daniel, chapter 3. ... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God or the gods. ...

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These sections are retained in the Septuagint and in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Biblical canon; the "Song of the Three Holy Youths" is part of the hymn called a canon sung during the Matins and other services in Orthodoxy; and it can be found in the Church of England Book of Common Prayer as the canticle Benedicite omnia Opera. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikisource – The Free Library – is a Wikimedia project to build a free, wiki library of primary source texts, along with translations of source-texts into any language and other supporting materials. ... The Septuagint (LXX) is the name commonly given in the West to the Koine Greek Alexandrine text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) produced some time between the third to first century BC. The Septuagint Bible includes additional books of the old Jewish canon beyond those contained in the... The Vladimir Icon, one of the most venerated of Orthodox Christian icons of the Virgin Mary. ... The Roman Catholic Church, (also known as the Catholic Church), is the ancient Christian Church led by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome. ... The Biblical canon is an exclusive list of books written during the formative period of the Jewish or Christian faiths; the leaders of these communities believed these books to be inspired by God or to express the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people (although there may... ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ... A canticle is a hymn (strictly excluding the Psalms) taken from the Bible. ...


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Prayer of the Three Holy Children - OrthodoxWiki (1706 words)
The Prayer of the Three Holy Children is a component of the biblical Book of Daniel.
It is a segment of a larger component called The Prayer of Azariah and the Prayer of the Three Holy Children which.
In Orthodox Christian worship, the prayer is the basis of the seventh and eighth biblical canticles sung at Orthros.
BIGpedia - Azariah - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (176 words)
Azariah in the Books of Kings 2 Kings 15:1-12 he is the king of Judah [1], (also known as Uzziah of Judah in rabbinical scholarship).
Azariah in the Books of Chronicles 1 Chronicles 5:35, he is a one of the Levites [2].
Azariah is a son of Jehu mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:38 [4].
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