OLD TESTAMENT

Daniel 14:22

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Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple.

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Verse 22. Dragon. The devil had seduced our first parents in the form of a serpent, and caused most nations to adore it. Calmet.—They expected benefit, or to be preserved from harm. Valer. i. 8. Saint Augustine de Civ. Dei. xiv. 11. Worthington.

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