Bel and the Snake 1:3

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol named Bel. Each day they supplied it with twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and sixty gallons^[a]

Bel and the Snake 1:3 In-Context

1 When King Astyages was buried with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian took over his kingdom.

2 Daniel was a companion of the king, honored above all Cyrus'' political advisors.

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol named Bel. Each day they supplied it with twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and sixty gallons

4 The king honored Bel and worshipped it daily, but Daniel worshipped his own God. So the king said to him, "Why don''t you worship Bel?"

5 He said, "I don''t honor idols made by humans, rather the living God who created heaven and earth and has authority over all living things."

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk metretai, a liquid measure of approximately ten gallons Bel and the Snake 29 of wine.