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Of this king, Daniel was the courtier, and valued above all his other friends. (Daniel 14, 1)
The king himself honoured it with the rest, and no day passed but he went to pay it reverence. A time came when he asked Daniel, that worshipped no God but his own, why Bel he would not worship; (Daniel 14, 3)
and this answer Daniel made him, that for idols made by men’s hands worship he had none, only for that living God that made heaven and earth, and of all mankind held the sovereignty. (Daniel 14, 4)
Nay, my lord king, Daniel answered with a smile, give no heed to false tales. Clay he is within, and bronze without; I warrant thee, eat he cannot. (Daniel 14, 6)
Prove to me it is Bel himself, and Daniel shall die instead, that blasphemed him. As it pleases the king’s grace, said Daniel. (Daniel 14, 8)
Seventy of these priests there were, that had wives and children to fend for besides. And when the king reached their temple, with Daniel in attendance, (Daniel 14, 9)
To-morrow, come thou and find aught left over from Bel’s banqueting, we die for it; or else Daniel dies, that so traduced us. (Daniel 14, 11)
So out they went, and the king set on Bel’s viands with his own hand; and what did Daniel? He would have his servants bring ashes, and scatter them all over the temple floor, there in the king’s presence. Which done, all withdrew, leaving the door locked, and the royal seal upon it. (Daniel 14, 13)
Next day, the king was early abroad, and Daniel with him. (Daniel 14, 15)
What of the seals, Daniel? the king asked. Are they unbroken? Ay, my lord king, unbroken yet. (Daniel 14, 16)
But Daniel smiled, and would not have the king go in yet; Look about thee, he said, and ask thyself who it was left their prints on yonder floor. (Daniel 14, 18)
he put the whole company of them to death. And as for Bel, he left him to Daniel’s mercy, who threw down image and temple both. (Daniel 14, 21)
