Bel 1:31

31 They threw him into a pit of lions, where they left him for six days. ¹

Bel 1:31 In-Context

29 They went to the king and demanded that Daniel be handed over to them. "If you refuse," they warned the king, "we will put you and your family to death."

30 When the king saw that they meant what they said, he was forced to hand Daniel over to them.

31 They threw him into a pit of lions, where they left him for six days.

32 There were seven lions in the pit, and normally they were fed two human bodies and two sheep each day. But they were given nothing to eat during these six days, in order to make sure that Daniel would be eaten.

33 At that time the prophet Habakkuk was in the land of Judah. He had cooked a stew and crumbled bread into it. He was carrying a bowl of it to the workers who were out in the fields harvesting grain,

Cross References

• 1. 31, 32Daniel 6.16-24.