Apocrypha Major ProphetsDeuterocanonical · KJVA

Prayer of Azariah

A short but moving liturgical insertion in the story of Daniel's three friends in the fiery furnace. Azariah (Abednego) lifts a prayer of repentance from within the flames, confessing the nation's sin and pleading for mercy. The three young men then together sing the "Benedicite" — a sweeping hymn calling every part of creation, from angels to whales, to bless the Lord.

Author
Anonymous (Greek addition to Daniel)

Inserted between Daniel 3:23 and 3:24 in the Greek text. Also called "the Song of the Three Holy Children" for the hymn that follows.

Date Written
c. 200–100 BC
Audience
Jews under religious persecution, especially during the Maccabean era
Length
1 chapter

Prayer of Azariah is part of the Apocrypha, so the reader opens in KJVA by default — KJV doesn't include it.

Major Themes

Repentance Worship Deliverance Praise Creation

Cross-references for Prayer of Azariah aren't available yet

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Prayer of Azariah is still richly connected to the rest of Scripture — the early church quoted it, later writers built on it, and scholarly cross-reference editions (e.g. the Jerusalem Bible, the Nova Vulgata) catalogue those links. We're tracking the gap and will add Apocrypha cross-references when a permissive open dataset becomes available.

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