Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version When the Babylonians heard about it, they were very indignant and conspired against the king, saying, “The king has become a Jew; he has destroyed Bel, and killed the dragon, and slaughtered the priests.” New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house. Daniel 14:26Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon's mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worship. Daniel 14:27 And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death. Daniel 14:29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them. Daniel 14:30 And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days. Context Daniel 14…27And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death. 28And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house. 29And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them.… Cross References Daniel 14:26 Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon's mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worship. Daniel 14:27 And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death. Daniel 14:29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them. Daniel 14:30 And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days. |