Exile
Daniel is not mentioned during this event, so we don’t know where he was for all of this. However, his friends remain faithful to God despite being directly told they are going to die. They commit to following God even if God will not rescue them.
This is an amazing story of faith! We would all like to believe we would have reacted just as they did, but if we are honest it is hard to say for certain. How could we build our trust in God to be as strong as theirs was?