Bel and the Dragon
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The third addition is: The Story of Bel and the Dragon, which stands at the end of the book, and is falsely ascribed in the Septuagint to the prophet Habakkuk.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
It is to be expected therefore that it will shew us far less of these matters than either Susanna or Bel and the Dragon.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
These two, like Bel and the Dragon, are always worshipped in the same chapter; they hunt in couples, what one doth at the head, the other scores up at the heels.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
The Vulgate, which follows Θ closely, appends the first verse of Bel and the Dragon as the conclusion of this story.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
As there appears to be no other authority for attributing Susanna to Habakkuk, it is a question whether the LXX title to Bel and the Dragon was not applied to Susanna also "per incuriam."
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
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