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'Do you not believe, then,' said the king, 'that Bel is a living god? Can you not see how much he eats and drinks each day?' (Daniel 14, 6)
This made the king angry; he summoned his priests, 'Tell me who eats all this food,' he said, 'or die. Prove to me that Bel really eats it, and I will have Daniel put to death for blaspheming him.' (Daniel 14, 8)
Daniel said to the king, 'Let it be as you say.' (Daniel 14, 9)
There were seventy of these priests, to say nothing of their wives and children. The king went to the temple of Bel, taking Daniel with him. (Daniel 14, 10)
When the priests had gone and the king had set out the food for Bel, (Daniel 14, 13)
Daniel made his servants bring ashes and spread them all over the temple floor, with no other witness than the king. They then left the building, shut the door and, sealing it with the king's seal, went away. (Daniel 14, 14)
The king was up very early next morning, and Daniel with him. (Daniel 14, 16)
'Daniel,' said the king, 'are the seals intact?' 'They are intact, Your Majesty,' he replied. (Daniel 14, 17)
The king then opened the door and, taking one look at the table, exclaimed, 'You are great, O Bel! There is no deception in you!' (Daniel 14, 18)
But Daniel laughed; and, restraining the king from going in any further, he said, 'Look at the floor and take note whose footmarks these are!' (Daniel 14, 19)
'I can see the footmarks of men, of women and of children,' said the king, (Daniel 14, 20)
The king had them put to death and handed Bel over to Daniel who destroyed both the idol and its temple. (Daniel 14, 22)
