² Nebuchadnezzar the king also sent word to assemble the ^(A)satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the chief treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the administrators of the provinces to come to the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

²⁷ The ^(A)satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the ^(B)fire had no ^[a]effect on ^[b]the bodies of these men, nor was the hair of their heads singed, nor were their ^[c](C)trousers ^[d]damaged, nor had even the smell of fire touched them.