921 verses contain “BEL” (in the KJV: 620, in the BSB: 713) — showing 901–921
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But if ye can
certify me that
Bel devoureth them, then Daniel shall die: for he hath spoken
blasphemy against
Bel. And Daniel said unto the king, Let it be according to thy word.
Now the priests of
Bel were
threescore and ten, beside their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of
Bel.
So
Bel’s priests said, Lo, we go out: but thou, O king, set on the meat, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast and seal it with thine own
signet;
And to
morrow when thou comest in, if thou findest not that
Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaketh falsely against us.
So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before
Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they
strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king’s
signet, and so departed.
And as soon as he had opened the
dour, the king looked upon the table, and
cried with a loud voice, Great art thou, O
Bel, and with thee is no
deceit at all.
Therefore the king
slew them, and delivered
Bel into Daniel’s power, who destroyed him and his temple.
When they of Babylon heard that, they took great
indignation, and
conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a
Jew, and he hath destroyed
Bel, he hath slain the
dragon, and put the priests to death.
Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by
believing were saved out of the flame.
And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns
belonging thereto, he returned into
Judea.
And I thought with myself, Into what
tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was
bountiful and
beloved in my power.
So part of the king’s army being spread upon the high mountains, and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely and in order.
I will further, that there be
enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, unto whom pay shall be given, as
belongeth to all king’s forces.
And as for other things that
belong unto us, of the
tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the saltpits, and the crown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief.
So
Jonathan believing him did as he
bade him, and sent away his host, who went into the land of
Judea.
To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story:
Insomuch that Seleucus of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs
belonging to the service of the sacrifices.
And that some of it
belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed: the sum
whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:
And the holy temple, which before he had
spoiled, he would
garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue
defray the charges
belonging to the sacrifices:
Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be
believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little
rejoice them.