Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry. Daniel 14:17And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee. Daniel 14:18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. Daniel 14:20 Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. Daniel 14:21 The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple. Context Daniel 14…18And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. 19And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry. 20Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.… Cross References Daniel 14:17 And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee. Daniel 14:18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. Daniel 14:20 Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. Daniel 14:21 The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple. |
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