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Bel and the Dragon A set of short stories in which Daniel exposes the absurdity of two (possibly Babylonian) cults. These texts are part of the Additions to Daniel, which are categorized as Apocrypha by Protestants but are included in the canon of several other church traditions. In the first story, Daniel demonstrates to King Cyrus that the statue of Bel cannot actually eat food offerings; in the second story, Daniel kills a revered serpent/dragon. This act angers the king’s subjects and they throw Daniel in a lions’ den, where he is miraculously fed by Habakkuk, who is presumably the prophet identified with the book of Habakkuk.
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