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The king said, "I see the footsteps of men and women and children."
21
Then the king was enraged, and he seized the priests and their wives and children; and they showed him the secret doors through which they were accustomed to enter and devour what was on the table.
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Therefore the king put them to death, and gave Bel over to Daniel, who destroyed it and its temple.
23
There was also a great dragon, which the Babylonians revered.
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And the king said to Daniel, "You cannot deny that this is a living god; so worship him."
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