Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Their hats - This word, hat, is found only in this place in the Old Testament. The word sarbal properly means an outer garment. Herodotus, who lived about one hundred years after Daniel, says, "the dress of the Babylonians consisted of a tunic of linen reaching down to the feet; over this a tunic of woollen; and over all a white short cloak or mantle, ; and on their heads they wore turbans, ." Following this, Mr. Parkhurst translates the verse thus: "Then these three men were bound [ besarbaleyhon ] in their Cloaks, [ patesheyhon ] their Turbans, [ vecharbelathehon ] and in their Upper (woollen) Tunics, [ ulebushehon ] and their Under (linen) Tunics." And as, according to this interpretation, their sarbaley were their outermost garments, we see the propriety with which it is observed at Daniel 3:27 that these were not changed by the fire.
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