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Bel and the Dragon

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noun

  1. a book of the Apocrypha that is included as chapter 14 of Daniel in the Douay Bible.


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Cf. the heading of Bel and the Dragon for a similar ignoring of the early verses, as also that of I. Macc. i.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

Daniel further exhibits a decision and an absence of self-distrust, in undertaking tasks of great risk, quite in accordance with his character as portrayed in the canonical book, and in Bel and the Dragon.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

He shall have no more to do with Bel and the Dragon.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The appearance of Habakkuk guided by the angel in the background, carrying food, identifies the scene with Bel and the Dragon, and not with the history of Dan. vi.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

Set apart from the beginning of Daniel, because it is not in the Hebrew, as neither the Narration of Bel and the Dragon.

From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous