22. Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew him and his temple.
23. And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.
24. And the king said to Daniel, Wilt you also say that this is of brass? behold, he lives, and eats and drinks; you can not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
25. Then said Daniel, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is a living God.
26. But give me leave, O king, and I shall kill this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give you leave.
27. Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon did eat and burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Behold, these are the gods you⌃ worship.
28. When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he has pulled down Bel, and slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword.
29. So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy you and your house.
30. Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them:
31. who cast him into the lion’s den: where he was six days.
32. And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.
33. Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made pottage, and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers.
34. But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den.
35. And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.