Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible (Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego in the fiery furnace; #48 of 60) ND

Reverse

Inscription on 30 lines between winged head of cherub ornaments

Script: Latin

Lettering:
B.C. 610
JOSIAH WAS SHOT BY PHARAOH, AND
SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON JEHOAHAZ, WHO WAS
CARRIED PRISONER TO EGYPT, AND JEHOIAKIM
REIGND AT JERUSALEM, NEBUCHADNEZZAR CARRIED
HIM IN CHAINS TO BABYLON AND ALL THE GOLD AND
SILVER VESSELS TO HIS OWN TEMPLE. JEHOIACHIN HIS
SON NOW REIGND AND WAS CARRIED TO BABYLON. AND
ZEDEKIAH REIGND, AND REBELLD AND MOCKD GOD. THE
CHALDEES IN 590 B.C. TOOK THE CITY AND UTTERLY DESTROY
ED IT, WITH ITS WALLS, AND PUT THE INHABITANTS TO THE
SWORD, THOSE THAT ESCAPED WERE CARRIED CAPTIVES TO
BABYLON, UNTIL CYRUS KING OF PERSIA IN 536 B.C. CAPTUR
ED BABYLON. HE PERMITTED THE JEWS TO RETURN UNDER
ZERUBBABEL AND REBUILD JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE,
AND TO TAKE BACK THE 5400 SACRED VESSELS.
EZRA
CYRUS DIED, WHEN DARIUS WHO SUCCEEDED GAVE POWERS TO
EZRA TO FINISH IT, WHICH HE DID IN THE 6TH YEAR OF THE
REIGN OF DARIUS.
NEHEMIAH
WAS GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM, HE COMPELLED THE USURERS
TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE PEOPLE.
ESTHER
AHASUERUS NOW KING OF PERSIA FROM THE FALSE
STATEMENT OF HIS MINISTER HAMAN ORDERED THE
JEWS TO BE PUT TO DEATH. ESTHER THE QUEEN
WAS INFORMED BY HER FATHER MORDECAI
A JEW AND GOT THE DECREE REVERSD
AND HAMAN & HIS 10 SONS HANGED.

Engraver: Edward Thomason

Edge

Plain

Comment

An original Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of the Holy Scriptures [Bible], Number 48 - Shadrach, Meshack & Abednego in the fiery furnace. After Carlo Maratta. (Thomason D. at lower obverse rim).
 The Thomason Medallic Bible is a set of sixty medals struck in 1830 that captures the essence of the entire Holy Bible in medallic art. The obverse designs were inspired by the works of well-known Renaissance artists and executed by several different engravers. The reverse of each medal contains a dense text quotation or explanation describing the topic of each medal. The set was produced in Birmingham, England by Sir Edward Thomason, who felt divinely inspired to “promote the glory of God by impressing the word of God upon gold, silver and other indestructible metals”. Birmingham, England, c. 1830.
 Inspired by: Carlo Maratta

 Note: The correct spelling is FIERY not FIREY like it is on the medal.

 An image of the lettering: