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Two satirical trials in one chapter. First Bel: the king's god that 'eats' seventy measures of food a day — Daniel scatters ashes on the temple floor, and by morning the footprints of 'men, women, and children' lead to the priests' secret door. Then the dragon: Daniel kills it without sword or staff, with cakes of boiled pitch, fat, and hair. Enraged, Babylon forces the king to throw Daniel to seven lions — where the prophet Habakkuk is airlifted by an angel, dinner in hand, for six days. On the seventh, the king finds Daniel alive and confesses: 'Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel.'
Themes The folly of idolatry · Evidence and satire · Deliverance from lions · God's provision through unlikely means
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- World English Bible · Public domain
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- Protestant
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- Static chapter guide; no live generation
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