Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 14:25But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said, I give thee leave. 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 14:28 And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house. Daniel 14:29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them. Context 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. 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.… Cross References Daniel 14:25 But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said, I give thee leave. 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 14:28 And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house. Daniel 14:29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them. |