Daniel 14:19–27
19Then Daniel laughed, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, “Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps these are.”↗
20The king said, “I see the footsteps of men, women, and children.” Then the king was angry,↗
21and took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the secret doors, where they came in and consumed the things that were on the table.↗
22Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple.↗
23In that same place there was a great dragon which the people of Babylon worshiped.↗
24The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.”↗
25Then Daniel said, “I will worship the Lord my God; for he is a living God.↗
26But allow me, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or staff.” The king said, “I allow you.”↗
27Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and melted them together, and made lumps of them. He put these in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon ate and burst apart. Daniel said, “Behold, these are the gods you all worship.”↗
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