Daniel 3:3
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Cross-reference
Daniel 3:24 directly follows: the king sees four men in the furnace—immediate narrative continuation of this scene.
Daniel 3:24 directly follows: the king sees four men in the furnace—immediate narrative continuation of this scene.
Revelation 13:13-16 echoes this forced worship of an image with deception and coercion—a later anti-God empire mimicking Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:44 prophesies judgment on Babylon's idol Bel—the same idol system honored in this gathering.
In 1 Corinthians 1:24-26, the worldly powerful gathered here contrast with the lowly whom God calls—opposite gatherings.
Revelation 17:13 shows kings uniting to give authority to the beast, similar to officials gathering to honor Nebuchadnezzar's image.
Esther 1:3 describes a similar gathering of provincial officials for a royal feast—parallel courtly assembly.
Esther 3:12 records a royal decree sent to the same satraps and governors, showing the bureaucratic network for different purposes.