Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children

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addition to the Book of Daniel apocryphal text biblical text deuterocanonical text

The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children is an ancient Greek addition to the Book of Daniel, preserved in the biblical Apocrypha and featuring the prayers and hymn of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Prayer of Azariah	3
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children canonical	3
Daniel 3	2
Song of the Three Youths in the fiery furnace	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T898908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
Context triple: [Apocrypha (in early editions), containsWork, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children]

A. Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh is a short penitential text attributed to King Manasseh of Judah, preserved in some Christian traditions as a powerful example of repentance and divine mercy.
B. Letter of Jeremiah
The Letter of Jeremiah is a deuterocanonical epistle traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, warning against idolatry and included in the biblical canon of several Christian traditions.
C. Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
D. Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
E. Suffering of Zion
Suffering of Zion refers to the profound grief, devastation, and hardship experienced by Jerusalem and its people, especially as poetically depicted in the biblical book of Lamentations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
Target entity description: The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children is an ancient Greek addition to the Book of Daniel, preserved in the biblical Apocrypha and featuring the prayers and hymn of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

A. Prayer of Manasseh
The Prayer of Manasseh is a short penitential text attributed to King Manasseh of Judah, preserved in some Christian traditions as a powerful example of repentance and divine mercy.
B. Letter of Jeremiah
The Letter of Jeremiah is a deuterocanonical epistle traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, warning against idolatry and included in the biblical canon of several Christian traditions.
C. Jubilees
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
D. Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
E. Suffering of Zion
Suffering of Zion refers to the profound grief, devastation, and hardship experienced by Jerusalem and its people, especially as poetically depicted in the biblical book of Lamentations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	addition to the Book of Daniel ⓘ apocryphal text ⓘ biblical text ⓘ deuterocanonical text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Song of the Three Children ⓘ linked to: Song of the Three Holy Youths Song of the Three Jews ⓘ Song of the Three Young Men ⓘ linked to: Song of the Three Holy Youths
appearsIn	Greek version of Daniel 3 ⓘ
associatedWith	Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image narrative ⓘ
biblicalBookContext	Book of Daniel chapter 3 ⓘ linked to: Book of Daniel
canonicalStatusIn	Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
contains	Prayer of Azariah ⓘ linked to: Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children Song of the Three Holy Children ⓘ linked to: Song of the Three Holy Youths
featuresCharacter	Abednego ⓘ Azariah ⓘ Hananiah ⓘ linked to: Shadrach Meshach ⓘ Mishael ⓘ Shadrach ⓘ
focusesOn	faithfulness under persecution ⓘ
genre	hymn ⓘ prayer ⓘ
historicalContext	Babylonian exile ⓘ
includes	doxology ⓘ litany of creation praising God ⓘ
influenced	Christian hymnody ⓘ liturgical canticles ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUseIn	Catholic liturgy ⓘ Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
nonCanonicalIn	Jewish Tanakh ⓘ linked to: Tanakh most Protestant Bibles ⓘ
omittedFrom	Hebrew Masoretic Text of Daniel ⓘ
partOf	Book of Daniel ⓘ
positionInDaniel	between Daniel 3:23 and Daniel 3:24 in the Septuagint ⓘ
preservedIn	Septuagint ⓘ biblical Apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Apocrypha (in early editions)
relatedTo	Canticle Benedicite ⓘ linked to: Benedicite
setDuring	fiery furnace episode ⓘ
textualForm	Greek-only addition ⓘ
theme	confession of sin ⓘ divine deliverance ⓘ praise of God ⓘ
tradition	Christian Old Testament deuterocanon ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	Azariah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children ⓘ

Book of Daniel → includesText → Prayer of Azariah ⓘ