The chief official gave them new names: Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

So Daniel went to the guard whom Ashpenaz had placed in charge of him and his three friends.

There are some Jews whom you put in charge of the province of Babylon---Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego---who are disobeying Your Majesty's orders. They do not worship your god or bow down to the statue you set up."