# Bel and the Dragon 1:14

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/bel-and-the-dragon/1/14
- Book: [Bel and the Dragon](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/bel-and-the-dragon)
- Chapter: [Bel and the Dragon 1](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/bel-and-the-dragon/1)
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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.