ABDENAGO (Hebrew 'abedh-néghó', to be read, assuming a copyist's error, 'abedh-nebhó' and servant of the god Nabu). — 'Abedh-nebhó', which appears in an Assyro-Aramaic inscription (E. Schrader, *Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Test.*, Giessen 1872, p. 429), corresponds to the Babylonian name given to Azariah (q.v.), one of the three companions of Daniel deported to Babylon in the first plundering of Nebuchadnezzar (606 B.C.) and educated at the court of this king (Dan. 1:7). He reappears as overseer of the province of Babylon (Dan. 2:49) and in the well-known episode of the three young men in the furnace (Dan. 3:12-97).
Bibl.: E. Schrader, *Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Test.*, Giessen 1872, p. 429.