In the book of Daniel, what was the name of the plain in the province of Babylon where Nebuchadnezzar set up his massive golden image?
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Correct answer: Plain of Dura
Daniel 3:1 records that the king set up an image of gold in the Plain of Dura. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were famously cast into the fiery furnace for refusing to worship it there.
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