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Abednego

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A·bed·ne·go  (-bdn-g)
In the Bible, a young man who with Meshach and Shadrach emerged unharmed from the fiery furnace of Babylon.
Abednego [əˈbɛdnɪˌgəʊ]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament one of Daniel's three companions who, together with Shadrach and Meshach, was miraculously saved from destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace (Daniel 3:12-30)


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It has pleased Our Lady and my patron saint to bless the pittance to which I restrain myself, even as the pulse and water was blessed to the children Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego, who drank the same rather than defile themselves with the wine and meats which were appointed them by the King of the Saracens.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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