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Printed Caption:
Baals priests, in the temple.
Bel 1:16-22
Early in the
morning the king rose and came, and Daniel with him. And the
king said, "Are the seals unbroken, Daniel?" He answered,
"They are unbroken, O king." As soon as the doors were opened,
the king looked at the table, and shouted in a loud voice,
"You are great, O Bel; and with you there is no deceit, none
at all." Then Daniel laughed, and restrained the king from
going in, and said, "Look at the floor, and notice whose footsteps
these are." The king said, "I see the footsteps of men and
women and children." Then the king was enraged, and he seized
the priests and their wives and children; and they showed
him the secret doors through which they were accustomed to
enter and devour what was on the table. Therefore the king
put them to death, and gave Bel over to Daniel, who destroyed
it and its temple. (RSV)
Figures
de la Bible (1728)
Illustrated by Gerard
Hoet (1648-1733), and others.
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