Bel and the Dragon 2-4

Common English Bible

² Daniel was a companion of the king, honored above all Cyrus’ political advisors.^{[a] 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^[b] of wine. 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?”