Bel and the Dragon
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This title, which usually belongs to Susanna, when applied to Bel and the Dragon, must refer, not to Daniel's age, but to the size of the book.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon, Cut off from the end of Daniel.
From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous
Almost as ridiculous is the abusive phrase "Offspring of Bel and the Dragon," which Congreve puts into the mouth of Fondlewife in his play of The Old Bachelor, Act IV. sc.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
Such a long supper! but it must end sometime!—and then prayers, and then Dorcas had amused herself with Bel and the Dragon and Tobit awhile.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
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
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