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And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians worshipped him.
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And the king said to Daniel: Behold thou canst not say now, that this is not a living god: adore him therefore.
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And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god.
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But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said: I give thee leave.
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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 worshipped.
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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.
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And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house.
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And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them.
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And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days.
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And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel.
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Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers.