Bel and the Snake 1:4

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?"

Bel and the Snake 1:4 In-Context

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."

6 The king said to him, "You believe Bel is a living god, don''t you? Haven''t you seen how much he eats and drinks every day?"