2. Daniel was a companion of the king, honored above all Cyrus’ political advisors.
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 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?"
5. He said, "I don’t honor idols made by humans, rather the living God who created heaven and earth and has authority over all living things."
6. The king said to him, "You believe Bel is a living god, don’t you? Haven’t you seen how much he eats and drinks every day?"