Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children

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The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children, abbreviated Pr Azar, appears after Daniel 3:23 in some translations of the Bible, including the ancient Greek Septuagint translation. The passage is accepted by some Christian denominations as canonical, part of the Deuterocanonical books. In the Revised Standard Version and the English Standard Version (Anglican edition), this text is included as part of the Apocrypha, and titled "The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men". The passage includes three main components. The first is the penitential prayer of Daniel's friend Azariah (called Abednego in Babylonian, according to Daniel 1:6–7) while the three youths were in the fiery furnace. The second component is a brief account of a radiant figure who met them in the furnace yet who was unburned. The third component is the hymn of praise they sang when they realized their deliverance. The hymn includes the refrain, "Praise and exalt Him above all forever...", repeated...

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