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(Additions to Daniel, inserted between 3.23 and 3.24)
The Prayer of Azariah in the Furnace
They walked around in the midst of the flames, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord.
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Just as she was being led off to execution, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young man named Daniel,
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Daniel Rescues Susanna
All the people turned to him and asked, “What is this you are saying?”
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Daniel said to them, “Separate them far from each other, and I will examine them.”
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And Daniel said, “Very well! This lie has cost you your head, for the angel of God has received the sentence from God and will immediately cut you in two.”
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Daniel said to him, “Very well! This lie has cost you also your head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to split you in two, so as to destroy you both.”
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And they took action against the two elders because out of their own mouths Daniel had convicted them of bearing false witness; they did to them as they had wickedly planned to do to their neighbor.
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And from that day onward Daniel had a great reputation among the people.
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Daniel and the Priests of Bel
When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his kingdom.
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Daniel was a companion of the king and was the most honored of all his Friends.
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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?”
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And Daniel laughed and said, “Do not be deceived, O king, for this thing is only clay inside and bronze outside, and it has never eaten or drunk anything.”
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But if you prove that Bel is eating them, Daniel shall die because he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.” Daniel said to the king, “Let it be done as you have said.”
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Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. So the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
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When you return in the morning, if you do not find that Bel has eaten it all, we will die; otherwise Daniel will, who is telling lies about us.”
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After they had gone out, the king set out the food for Bel. Then Daniel ordered his servants to bring ashes, and they scattered them throughout the whole temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door and sealed it with the king’s signet, and departed.
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Early in the morning the king rose and came, and Daniel with him.
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The king said, “Are the seals unbroken, Daniel?” He answered, “They are unbroken, O king.”
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But Daniel laughed and restrained the king from going in. “Look at the floor,” he said, “and notice whose footprints these are.”
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Therefore the king put them to death and gave Bel over to Daniel, who destroyed it and its temple.
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Daniel Kills the Dragon
Now in that place there was a great dragon that the Babylonians revered.
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The king said to Daniel, “You cannot deny that this is a living god, so worship him.”
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Daniel said, “I worship the Lord my God, for he is a living God.
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Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair and boiled them together and made cakes, which he fed to the dragon. The dragon ate them and burst open. Then Daniel said, “See what you have been worshiping!”
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Going to the king, they said, “Hand Daniel over to us, or else we will kill you and your household.”