Daniel means "GOD is my judge.”
• Hananiah means "Beloved of the Lord."
• Michael means "Who is as GOD,"
• Azariah means "The Lord is my help."
These were, indeed, pleasant names which were full of profound meaning.
But when these young men came into Babylonian captivity, the Babylonians did not like their
names. Therefore, they decided to change them, which they did.
• To Daniel, they gave the name Belshazzar which means "Bel's Prince." Bel was the
name of the Babylonian god whom Nebuchadnezzar worshiped.
• To Hananiah they gave the name of Shadrach. This name means, "illumined by the Sun god."
• Michael was called Meshach. It is interesting to note that the letters "El" in his Hebrew
name, meant "GOD," as in the word "Israel," or Isra-"el". When they changed his name
they changed the "El" portion of it to the word "Shach" so, that instead of calling him
"Michael" he was called "Meshach." We are told that in all probability this was the name of
a goddess like Venus. So we see that his Hebrew name means "Who is as GOD," Where
the new name they gave to him mean "Who is like Venus."
• Azariah's name was changed to Abednego, which meant "The servant of Nego," who was
another false god.
• Hananiah means "Beloved of the Lord."
• Michael means "Who is as GOD,"
• Azariah means "The Lord is my help."
These were, indeed, pleasant names which were full of profound meaning.
But when these young men came into Babylonian captivity, the Babylonians did not like their
names. Therefore, they decided to change them, which they did.
• To Daniel, they gave the name Belshazzar which means "Bel's Prince." Bel was the
name of the Babylonian god whom Nebuchadnezzar worshiped.
• To Hananiah they gave the name of Shadrach. This name means, "illumined by the Sun god."
• Michael was called Meshach. It is interesting to note that the letters "El" in his Hebrew
name, meant "GOD," as in the word "Israel," or Isra-"el". When they changed his name
they changed the "El" portion of it to the word "Shach" so, that instead of calling him
"Michael" he was called "Meshach." We are told that in all probability this was the name of
a goddess like Venus. So we see that his Hebrew name means "Who is as GOD," Where
the new name they gave to him mean "Who is like Venus."
• Azariah's name was changed to Abednego, which meant "The servant of Nego," who was
another false god.
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