Bel 1:2

2 Daniel was a companion of the king, and was the most honored of all his Friends.

Bel 1:2 In-Context

1 When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his kingdom.

2 Daniel was a companion of the king, and was the most honored of all his Friends.

3 Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day they provided for it twelve bushels of choice flour and forty sheep and six measures of wine.

4 The king revered it and went every day to worship it. But Daniel worshiped his own God. So the king said to him, "Why do you not worship Bel?"

5 He answered, "Because I do not revere idols made with hands, but the living God, who created heaven and earth and has dominion over all living creatures."