This document is about Mishael (Meshach). For other homonyms, please refer to the Mishael document.
One of Daniel's three friends. In Babylon, he was given the name Meshach.
Dan 1:6Among these were some from the tribe of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.Dan 1:7The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.Dan 1:8But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.Dan 1:9Now God had caused the chief official to show favor and compassion to Daniel,Dan 1:10but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”Dan 1:11Then Daniel said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,