# Bel and the Dragon 1:28

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- 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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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.