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Daniel 14:22 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple. "

Daniel 14:22

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20 The king said, “I see the footsteps of men, women, and children.” Then the king was angry,

21 and 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.

22 Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple.

23 In that same place there was a great dragon which the people of Babylon worshiped.

24 The 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.”

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Daniel 14:1

"King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom."

Daniel 14:2

"Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends."

Daniel 14:3

"Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day twelve great measures of fine flour, forty sheep, and six firkins of wine were spent on it."

Daniel 14:4

"The king honored it and went daily to worship it; but Daniel worshiped his own God. The king said to him, “Why don’t you worship Bel?”"

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"He said, “Because I may not honor idols made with hands, but only the living God, who has created the sky and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.”"

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"Then the king said to him, “Don’t you think that Bel is a living god? Don’t you see how much he eats and drinks every day?”"

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