,,the ,,dore ,,gallery ,,of ,,bible     
,,illustrations                         
,illustrated by ,gustave ,dore          
,volume #e4    ,,isaiah4   ,isaiah 7in  
,hebrew1 ,yeshayahu1 ,salvation of      
,god71 the earliest and most sublime of 
the four greater ,hebrew prophets1 was  
the son of ,amoz 7#b ,kings xix1 #b-bj2 
,isaiah xxxvii1 #b71 and he uttered his 
oracles during the reigns of ,uzziah1   
,jotham1 ,ahaz1 and ,hezekiah1 kings of 
,judah4 ,the dates of his birth and     
death are unknown1 but he lived from    
about #gfj ,b4,c4 to about #gjj ,b4,c4  
,he was married and had three sons--the 
children referred to in ,isaiah viii1   
#ah2 and he appears to have resided near
 ,jerusalem4  ,but by most competent    
critics it is now held that the last    
twenty-seven chapters 7#dj-ff7 of the   
book bearing his name were the work1 not
 of the prophet1 but of a later writer  
who is commonly styled the second or    
,deutero-,isaiah4 ,in this portion of   
the book1 ,cyrus1 who was not born till 

after #fjj ,b4,c41 is mentioned by name 
7,isaiah1 xliv1 #bh2 xlv1 i72 and events
 which did not take place till a century
 after the prophet's death are referred 
to as happening contemporaneously with  
the writer's account of them4 ,the style
 of these last twenty-seven chapters1   
also1 is different1 and the tone is more
 elevated and spiritual4  ,dore's ideal 
portrait is more suited to the second or
 pseudo-,isaiah1 than to the real one4  
,,destruction ,,of ,,sennacherib',s     
,,host4   ,therefore thus saith the     
,lord concerning the king of ,assyria1  
,he shall not come into this city1 nor  
shoot an arrow there1 nor come before it
 with shield1 nor cast a bank against   
it4 ,by the way that he came1 by the    
same shall he return1 and shall not come
 into this city1 saith the ,lord4 ,for  
,i will defend this city1 to save it1   
for mine own sake1 and for my servant   
,david's sake4  ,and it came to pass    
that night that the angel of the ,lord  
went out1 and smote in the camp of the  

,assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
 thousand3 and when they arose early in 
the morning1 behold1 they were all dead 
corpses4  ,so ,sennacherib king of      
,assyria departed1 and went and         
returned1 and dwelt at ,nineveh4 ,and it
 came to pass1 as he was worshipping in 
the house of ,nisroch his god1 that     
,adrammelech and ,sharezer his sons     
smote him with the sword3 and they      
escaped into the land of ,armenia4 ,and 
,esar-haddon his son reigned in his     
stead4--#b ,kings xix1 #cb-cg           
,,baruch4   ,and it came to pass in the 
fourth year of ,jehoiakim the son of    
,josiah king of ,judah1 that this word  
came unto ,jeremiah from the ,lord1     
saying1 ,take thee a roll of a book1 and
 write therein all the words that ,i    
have spoken unto thee against ,israel1  
and against ,judah1 and against all the 
nations1 from the day ,i spake unto     
thee1 from the days of ,josiah1 even    
unto this day4 ,it may be that the house
 of ,judah will hear all the evil which 

,i purpose to do unto them2 that they   
may return every man from his evil way2 
that ,i may forgive their iniquity and  
their sin4  ,then ,jeremiah called      
,baruch the son of ,neriah3 and ,baruch 
wrote from the mouth of ,jeremiah all   
the words of the ,lord1 which he had    
spoken unto him1 upon a roll of a book4 
,jeremiah xxxvi2 #a-d4  ,the word that  
,jeremiah the prophet spake unto ,baruch
 the son of ,neriah1 when he had written
 these words in a book at the mouth of  
,jeremiah1 in the fourth year of        
,jehoiakim the son of ,josiah king of   
,judah1 saying1 ,thus saith the ,lord1  
the ,god of ,israel1 unto thee1 ,o      
,baruch2 thou didst say1 ,woe is me now6
 for the ,lord hath added grief to my   
sorrow2 ,i fainted in my sighing1 and ,i
 find no rest4  ,thus shalt thou say    
unto him1 ,the ,lord saith thus2        
,behold1 that which ,i have built will  
,i break down1 and that which ,i have   
planted ,i will pluck up1 even this     
whole land4 ,and seekest thou great     

things for thyself8 seek them not3 for1 
behold1 ,i will bring evil upon all     
flesh1 saith the ,lord3 but thy life    
will ,i give unto thee for a prey in all
 places whither thou goesth4 ,jeremiah  
xlv1 #a-e4     ,,ezekiel ,,prophesying4 
,ezekiel1 the third of the great ,hebrew
 prophets1 was the son of the priest    
,buzi4 7,ezekiel i1 #c74 ,he was        
probably born about #fbj or #fcj years  
before ,christ1 and was consequently a  
contemporary of ,jeremiah and ,daniel1  
to the latter of whom he alludes in     
chapters xiv1 #ad-bj and xxviii1 #c4    
,when ,jerusalem was taken by           
,nebuchadnezzar in #eig ,b4,c4 7#b      
,kings xxiv1 #h-af2 ,jeremiah xxix1     
#a-b2 ,ezekiel xvii1 #ab2 xix1 #i71     
,ezekiel was carried captive along with 
,jehoiachin1 or ,jeconiah1 king of      
,judah1 and thousands of other ,jewish  
prisoners1 to ,babylonia1 or as he      
himself calls it1 the land of the       
,chaldeans4 7,ezekiel i1 #c74 ,here1    
along with his exiled fellow-countrymen1

 he lived on the banks of the river     
,chebar 7,ezekiel i1 #a-c71 in a house  
of his own 7viii1 i74 ,here also he     
married1 and here1 too1 his wife1 the   
desire of his eyes1 was taken from him  
with a stroke 7,ezekiel xxiv1 #ae-ah74  
,his prophetic career extended over     
twenty-two years1 from about #eib ,b4,c4
 to about #egj ,b4,c4  ,the book bearing
 his name is written in a mystical and  
symbolical style1 and abounds with      
visions and difficult allegories which  
indicate on the part of the author the  
possession of a vivid and sublime       
imagination4 ,ezekiel's authorship of it
 has been questioned4 ,the ,talmud      
attributes it to the ,great ,synagogue1 
of which ,ezekiel was not a member4 ,it 
is divisible into two portions4 ,the    
first 7chapters i-xxiv7 was written     
before1 and the second 7chapters        
xxv-xlviii7 after1 the destruction of   
,jerusalem by ,nebuchadnezzar in #ehf   
,b4,c1 the eleventh year of the         
prophet's captivity 7,ezekiel xxvi1     

#a-b2 ,,xi1 i74 ,the present text is    
very imperfect1 being corrupted by the  
interpolation of glosses and other      
additions by later hands4  ,dore's      
picture represents the prophet uttering 
his oracles to his fellow-exiles 7them  
of the captivity71 or to the elders of  
,judah1 or elders of ,israel1 on one of 
the occasions to which he himself       
alludes 7viii1 ,i2 xi1 #be2 xiv1 ,i2 xx1
 ,i74     ,,the ,,vision ,,of ,,ezekiel4
   ,the hand of the ,lord was upon me1  
and carried me out in the ,spirit of the
 ,lord1 and set me down in the midst of 
the valley which was full of bones1 and 
caused me to pass by them round about3  
and1 behold1 there were very many in the
 open valley2 and1 lo1 they were very   
dry4  ,and he said unto me2 ,son of man1
 can these bones live8 ,and ,i answered1
 ,o ,lord ,god1 thou knowest4  ,again he
 said unto me1 ,prophesy upon these     
bones1 and say unto them1 ,o ye dry     
bones1 hear the word of the ,lord4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord ,god unto these bones2 

,behold1 ,i will cause breath to enter  
into you1 and ye shall live3 ,and ,i    
will lay sinews upon you1 and will bring
 up flesh upon you1 and cover you with  
skin1 and put breath in you1 and ye     
shall live and ye shall know that ,i am 
the ,lord4  ,so ,i prophesied as ,i was 
commanded3 and as ,i prophesied1 there  
was a noise1 and behold a shaking1 and  
the1 bones came together1 bone to his   
bone4 ,and when ,i beheld1 lo1 the      
sinews and the flesh came up upon them1 
and the skin covered them above3 but    
there was no breath in them4  ,then said
 he unto me1 ,prophesy unto the wind1   
prophesy1 son of man1 and say to the    
wind1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god2 ,come 
from the four winds1 ,o breath1 and     
breathe upon these slain1 that they may 
live4  ,so ,i prophesied as he commanded
 me1 and the breath came into them1 and 
they lived1 and stood up upon their     
feet1 an exceeding great army4  ,then he
 said unto me1 ,son of man1 these bones 
are the whole house of ,israel3 behold1 

they say1 ,our bones are dried1 and our 
hope is lost3 we are cut off for our    
parts4 ,therefore prophesy and say unto 
them1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god2       
,behold1 ,o my people1 ,i will open your
 graves1 and cause you to come up out of
 your graves1 and bring you into the    
land of ,israel4 ,and ye shall know that
 ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i have opened   
your graves1 ,o my people1 and brought  
you up out of your graves1 and shall put
 my ,spirit in you1 and ye shall live1  
and ,i shall place you in your own land3
 then shall ye know that ,i the ,lord   
have spoken it1 and performed it1 saith 
the ,lord4--,ezekiel xxxvii1 #a-ad4     
,,daniel4   ,respecting the parentage or
 family of ,daniel1 the fourth of the   
great ,hebrew prophets1 nothing is      
known1 though he appears to have been of
 noble if not of royal descent 7,daniel 
i1 #c74 ,when1 in the third year of the 
reign of ,king ,jehoiakim 7#fjg1 #fjf1  
#fje1 or #fjd ,b4,c471 ,jerusalem was   
first taken by ,nebuchadnezzar1 ,daniel1

 then a youth1 was among the captives   
carried to ,babylon4 ,by the king's     
orders1 he1 with others of the ,jewish  
youth1 was educated for three years     
7,daniel i1 #c-g74 ,at this time ,daniel
 acquired the power of interpreting     
dreams 7i1 #ag71 which he used with such
 advantage in expounding a dream of     
,nebuchadnezzar1 that he was made ruler 
over the whole province of ,babylon     
7,daniel ii1 #df-dh74 ,daniel's         
interpretation of ,belshazzar's famous  
vision having been fulfilled by the     
capture of ,babylon by ,darius1 that    
conqueror promoted ,daniel to the       
highest office in the kingdom 7,daniel  
vi1 #a-c74 ,the prophet also prospered  
greatly during the reign of ,cyrus      
7,daniel vi1 #bh74  ,the book of ,daniel
 is written partly in ,chaldaic or      
,syriac 7the vernacular ,aramaic        
language spoken by the people of        
,palestine71 and partly in sacred       
,hebrew4 ,it is manifestly divisible    
into two portions4 ,the first 7chapters 

i-vi7 narrating the details of the      
prophet's life1 and the second 7chapters
 vii-xii7 setting forth his apocalyptic 
visions4 ,much doubt has been cast upon 
the authenticity of the work4 ,the      
evident reference in the eleventh       
chapter to the conquest of ,persia by   
,alexander the ,great1 which took place 
about #ccj ,b4,c41 or more than two     
hundred years after ,daniel flourished1 
has led many modern critics to believe  
that the work was composed in the time  
of the ,maccabees4  ,dore's picture     
appears to be intended to represent the 
prophet meditating over one of the many 
visions which came to him4     ,,the    
,,fiery ,,furnace4   ,wherefore at that 
time certain ,chaldeans came near1 and  
accused the ,jews4 ,they spake and said 
to the king ,nebuchadnezzar1 ,o king1   
live forever4 ,there are certain ,jews  
whom thou hast set over the affairs of  
the province of ,babylon1 ,shadrach1    
,meshach1 and ,abed-nego2 these men1 ,o 
king1 have not regarded thee3 they serve

 not thy gods1 nor worship the golden   
image which thou hast set up4  ,then    
,nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury    
commanded to bring ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 
and ,abed-nego4 ,then they brought these
 men before the king4  ,nebuchadnezzar  
spake and said unto them1 ,is it true1  
,o ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego8 
do not ye serve my gods1 nor worship the
 golden image which ,i have set up8 ,now
 if ye be ready that at what time ye    
hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1    
harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and dulcimer1  
and all kinds of music1 ye fall down and
 worship the image which ,i have made2  
well3 but if ye worship not1 ye shall be
 cast the same hour into the midst of a 
burning fiery furnace2 and who is that  
,god that shall deliver you out of my   
hands8  ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and        
,abed-nego1 answered and said to the    
king1 ,o ,nebuchadnezzar1 we are not    
careful to answer thee in this matter4  
,if it be so1 our ,god whom we serve is 
able to deliver us from the burning     

fiery furnace1 and he will deliver us   
out of thine hand1 ,o king4 ,but if not1
 be it known unto thee1 ,o king1 that we
 will not serve thy gods1 nor worship   
the golden image which thou hast set up4
  ,then was ,nebuchadnezzar full of     
fury1 and the form of his visage was    
changed against ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and
 ,abed-nego3 therefore he spake1 and    
commanded that they should heat the     
furnace one seven times more than it was
 wont to be heated4 ,and he commanded   
the most mighty men that were in his    
army to bind ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and   
,abed-nego1 and to cast them into the   
burning fiery furnace4  ,then these men 
were bound in their coats1 their hosen1 
and their hats1 and their other         
garments1 and were cast into the midst  
of the burning fiery furnace4 ,therefore
 because the king's commandment was     
urgent and the furnace exceeding hot1   
the flame of the fire slew those men    
that took up ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and   
,abed-nego4 ,and these three men1       

,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego fell
 down bound into the midst of the       
burning fiery furnace4  ,then           
,nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished1
 and rose up in haste1 and spake1 and   
said unto his counselors1 ,did not we   
cast three men bound into the midst of  
the fire8 ,they answered1 and said unto 
the king1 ,true1 ,o king4  ,he answered 
and said1 ,lo1 ,i see four men loose1   
walking in the midst of the fire1 and   
they have no hurt2 and the form of the  
fourth is like the ,son of ,god4  ,then 
,nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth  
of the burning fiery furnace1 and spake1
 and said1 ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and     
,abed-nego1 ye servants of the most high
 ,god1 come forth and come hither4 ,then
 ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abed-nego1   
came forth of the midst of the fire4    
,and the princes1 governors1 and        
captains1 and the king's counselors1    
being gathered together1 saw these men1 
upon whose bodies the fire had no power1
 nor was a hair of their head singed1   

neither were their coats changed1 nor   
the smell of fire had passed on         
them4--,daniel iii1 #h1 #i1 #ab-bg4     
,,belshazzar',s ,,feast4   ,belshazzar  
the king made a great feast to a        
thousand of his lords1 and drank wine   
before the thousand4 ,belshazzar1 whiles
 he tasted the wine1 commanded to bring 
the golden and silver vessels which his 
father ,nebuchadnezzar had taken out of 
the temple which was in ,jerusalem2 that
 the king1 and his princes1 his wives1  
and his concubines1 might drink therein4
 ,then they brought the golden vessels  
that were taken out of the temple of the
 house of ,god which was at ,jerusalem2 
and the king1 and his princes1 his      
wives1 and his concubines1 drank in     
them4 ,they drank wine and praised the  
gods of gold1 and of silver1 of brass1  
of iron1 of wood1 and of stone4  ,in the
 same hour came forth fingers of a man's
 hand1 and wrote over against the       
candlestick upon the plaister of the    
wall of the king's palace3 and the king 

saw the part of the hand that wrote4    
,then the king's countenance was        
changed1 and his thoughts troubled him1 
so that the joints of his loins were    
loosed1 and his knees smote one against 
another4  ,on the failure of his        
astrologers and soothsayers to interpret
 the writing1 the king1 at the          
suggestion of his queen1 sends for      
,daniel1 who interprets it as follows3  
,o thou king1 the most high ,god gave   
,nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom1   
and majesty1 and glory1 and honor3 and  
for the majesty that he gave him1 all   
peoples1 nations1 and languages1        
trembled and feared before him3 whom he 
would he slew2 and whom he would he kept
 alive2 and whom he would he set up2 and
 whom he would he put down4 ,but when   
his heart was lifted up1 and his mind   
hardened in pride1 he was deposed from  
his kingly throne1 and they took his    
glory from him and he was driven from   
the sons of men2 and his heart was made 
like the beasts1 and his dwelling was   

with the wild asses3 they fed him with  
grass like oxen1 and his body was wet   
with the dew of heaven2 till he knew    
that the most high ,god ruled in the    
kingdom of men1 and that he appointeth  
over it whomsoever he will4  ,and thou  
his son1 ,o ,belshazzar1 hast not       
humbled thine heart1 though thou knewest
 all this2 but hast lifted up thyself   
against the ,lord of heaven2 and they   
have brought the vessels of his house   
before thee1 and thou1 and thy lords1   
thy wives1 and thy concubines1 have     
drunk wine in them2 and thou hast       
praised the gods of silver1 and gold1 of
 brass1 iron1 wood1 and stone1 which see
 not1 nor hear1 nor know3 and the ,god  
in whose hand thy breath is1 and whose  
are all thy ways1 hast thou not         
glorified4  ,then was the part of the   
hand sent from him2 and this writing was
 written4  ,and this is the writing that
 was written1 ,,mene1 ,,mene1 ,,tekel1  
,,upharsin4 ,this is the interpretation 
of the thing3 ,,mene2 ,god hath numbered

 thy kingdom and finished it4 ,,tekel2  
,thou art weighed in the balances1 and  
art found wanting4 ,,peres2 ,thy kingdom
 is divided1 and given to the ,medes and
 ,persians4  ,in that night was         
,belshazzar the king of the ,chaldeans  
slain4 ,and ,darius the ,median took the
 kingdom4--,daniel v4     ,,daniel ,,in 
,,the ,,lions' ,,den4   ,now when       
,daniel knew that the writing was       
signed1 he went into his house2 and his 
windows being open in his chamber toward
 ,jerusalem1 he kneeled upon his knees  
three times a day1 and prayed1 and gave 
thanks before his ,god1 as he did       
aforetime4  ,then these men assembled1  
and found ,daniel praying and making    
supplication before his ,god4 ,then they
 came near1 and spake before the king   
concerning the king's decree ,hast thou 
not signed a decree1 that every man that
 shall ask a petition of any ,god or man
 within thirty days1 save of thee1 ,o   
king1 shall be cast into the den of     
lions4  ,the king answered and said1    

,the thing is true1 according to the law
 of the ,medes and ,persians1 which     
altereth not4  ,then answered they and  
said before the king1 ,that ,daniel1    
which is of the children of the         
captivity of ,judah1 regardeth not thee1
 ,o king1 nor the decree that thou hast 
signed1 but maketh his petition three   
times a day4  ,then the king1 when he   
heard these words1 was sore displeased  
with himself1 and set his heart on      
,daniel to deliver him3 and he laboured 
till the going down of the sun to       
deliver him4  ,then these men assembled 
unto the king1 and said unto the king1  
,know1 ,o king1 that the law of the     
,medes and ,persians is1 ,that no decree
 nor statute which the king establisheth
 may be changed4 ,then the king         
commanded1 and they brought ,daniel and 
cast him into the den of lions4 ,now the
 king spake and said unto ,daniel1 ,thy 
,god whom thou servest continually1 he  
will deliver thee4 ,and a stone was     
brought1 and laid upon the mouth of the 

den and the king sealed it with his own 
signet1 and with the signet of his      
lords2 that the purpose might not be    
changed concerning ,daniel4  ,then the  
king went to his palace1 and passed the 
night fasting3 neither were instruments 
of musick brought before him3 and his   
sleep went from him4 ,then the king     
arose very early in the morning1 and    
went in haste unto the den of lions4    
,and when he came to the den1 he cried  
with a lamentable voice unto ,daniel3   
and the king spake and said to ,daniel1 
,o ,daniel1 servant of the living ,god1 
is thy ,god1 whom thou servest          
continually1 able to deliver thee from  
the lions8  ,then said ,daniel unto the 
,king1 ,o king1 live forever4 ,my ,god  
hath sent his angel1 and hath shut the  
lions' mouths1 that they have not hurt  
me3 forasmuch as before him innocency   
was found in me2 and also before thee1  
,o king1 have ,i done no hurt4  ,then   
was the king exceeding glad for him1 and
 commanded that they should take ,daniel

 up out of the den4 ,so ,daniel was     
taken up out of the den1 and no manner  
of hurt was found upon him1 because he  
believed in his ,god4 ,and the king     
commanded1 and they brought those men   
which had accused ,daniel1 and they cast
 them into the den of lions1 them1 their
 children1 and their wives2 and the     
lions had the mastery of them1 and brake
 all their bones in pieces or ever they 
came at the bottom of the den4--,daniel 
vi4     ,,the ,,prophet ,,amos4   ,amos1
 one of the earliest of the ,hebrew     
prophets1 flourished during the reign of
 ,uzziah1 about #gij ,b4,c41 and was    
consequently a contemporary of ,hosea   
and ,joel4 ,in his youth he lived at    
,tekoa1 about six miles south of        
,bethlehem1 in ,judaea1 and was a       
herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore     
fruit 7,amos i1 i2 vii1 #ad74 ,this     
occupation he gave up for that of       
prophet 7vii1 #ae71 and he came forward 
to denounce the idolatry then prevalent 
in ,judah1 ,israel1 and the surrounding 

kingdoms4  ,the first six chapters of   
his book contain his denunciations of   
idolatry2 the other three1 his          
symbolical vision of the overthrow of   
the people of ,israel1 and a promise of 
their restoration4 ,the style is        
remarkable for clearness and strength1  
and for its picturesque use of images   
drawn from the rural and pastoral life  
which the prophet had led in his youth4 
,,jonah ,,calling ,,nineveh ,,to        
,,repentance4   ,and the word of the    
,lord came unto ,jonah the second time1 
saying1 ,arise1 go unto to ,nineveh1    
that great city1 and preach unto it the 
preaching that ,i bid thee4  ,so ,jonah 
arose1 and went unto ,nineveh1 according
 to the word of the ,lord4 ,now ,nineveh
 was an exceeding great city of three   
days' journey4 ,and ,jonah began to     
enter into the city a day's journey1 and
 he cried1 and said1 ,yet forty days1   
and ,nineveh shall be overthrown4  ,so  
the people of ,nineveh believed ,god1   
and proclaimed a fast1 and put on       

sackcloth1 from the greatest of them    
even to the least of them4 ,for word    
came unto the king of ,nineveh1 and he  
arose from his throne1 and he laid his  
robe from him1 and covered him with     
sackcloth1 and sat in ashes4 ,and he    
caused it to be proclaimed and published
 through ,nineveh by the decree of the  
king and his nobles1 saying1 ,let       
neither man nor beast1 herd nor flock   
taste anything3 let them not feed1 nor  
drink water3 but let man and beast be   
covered with sackcloth1 and cry mightily
 unto ,god3 yea1 let them turn every one
 from his evil way1 and from the        
violence that is in their hands4 ,who   
can tell if ,god will turn and repent1  
and turn away from his fierce anger1    
that we perish not8  ,and ,god saw their
 works1 that they turned from their evil
 way2 and ,god repented of the evil1    
that he had said that he would do unto  
them2 and he did it not4--,jonah iii4   
,,daniel ,,confounding ,,the ,,priests  
,,of ,,bel4   ,now the ,babylonians had 

an idol called ,bel3 and there were     
spent upon him every day1 twelve great  
measures of fine flour1 and forty sheep1
 and sixty vessels of wine4 ,the king   
also worshipped him1 and went every day 
to adore him3 but ,daniel adored his    
,god4 ,and the king said unto him3 ,why 
dost thou not adore ,bel8 ,and he       
answered1 and said to him ,because ,i do
 not worship idols made with hands1 but 
the living ,god1 that created heaven and
 earth1 and hath power over all flesh4  
,and the king said to him3 ,doth not    
,bel seem to thee to be a living ,god8  
,seest thou not how much he eateth and  
drinketh every day8 ,then ,daniel smiled
 and said3 ,o king1 be not deceived3 for
 this is but clay within1 and brass     
without1 neither hath he eaten at any   
time4  ,and the king being angry called 
for his priests1 and said to them3 ,if  
you tell me not1 who it is that eateth  
up these expenses1 you shall die4 ,but  
if you can show that ,bel eateth these  
things1 ,daniel shall die1 because he   

hath blasphemed against ,bel4  ,and     
,daniel said to the king3 ,be it done   
according to thy word4  ,now the priests
 of ,bel were seventy besides their     
wives and little ones and children4 ,and
 they went with ,daniel into the temple 
of ,bel4 ,and the priests of ,bel said3 
,behold1 we go out3 and do thou1 ,o     
king1 set on the meats1 and make ready1 
the wine1 and shut the door fast1 and   
seal it with thy own ring3 and when thou
 comest in the morning1 if thou findest 
not that ,bel hath eaten all up1 we will
 suffer death1 or else ,daniel that hath
 lied against us4  ,and they little     
regarded it1 because they had made under
 the table a secret entrance1 and they  
always came in by it1 and consumed those
 things4  ,so it came to pass after they
 were gone out1 the king set the meats  
before ,bel3 and ,daniel commanded his  
servants1 and they brought ashes1 and he
 sifted them all over the temple before 
the king3 and going forth they shut the 
door1 and having sealed it with the     

king's ring1 they departed4  ,but the   
priests went in by night1 according to  
their custom1 with their wives and their
 children3 and they eat and drank all   
up4  ,and the king rose early in the    
morning1 and ,daniel with him4 ,and the 
king said3 ,are the seals whole1        
,daniel8 and he answered3 ,they are     
whole1 ,o king4 ,and as soon as he had  
opened the door1 the king looked upon   
the table1 and cried out with a loud    
voice ,great art thou1 ,o ,bel1 and     
there is not any deceit with thee4 ,and 
,daniel laughed3 and he held the king   
that he should not go in3 and he said3  
,behold the pavement1 mark whose        
footsteps these are4 ,and the king said3
 ,i see the footsteps of men1 and women1
 and children4 ,and the king was angry4 
,then he took the priests1 and their    
wives1 and their children3 and they     
showed him the private doors by which   
they came in1 and consumed the things   
that were on the table4  ,the king      
therefore put them to death1 and        

delivered ,bel into the power of        
,daniel3 who destroyed him1 and his     
temple4--,daniel xiv1 ,i-#ba 7,douay    
,version74     ,,heliodorus ,,punished  
,,in ,,the ,,temple4   ,but ,heliodorus 
executed that which he had resolved on1 
himself being present in the same place 
with his guard about the treasury4  ,but
 the spirit of the ,almighty ,god gave a
 great evidence of his presence1 so that
 all that had presumed to obey him1     
falling down by the power of ,god1 were 
struck with fainting and dread4 ,for    
there appeared to them a horse with a   
terrible rider upon him1 adorned with a 
very rich covering3 and he ran fiercely 
and struck ,heliodorus with his         
fore-feet1 and he that sat upon him     
seemed to have armor of gold4 ,moreover1
 there appeared two other young men1    
beautiful and strong1 bright and        
glorious1 and in comely apparel3 who    
stood by him1 on either side1 and       
scourged him without ceasing with many  
stripes4  ,and ,heliodorus suddenly fell

 to the ground1 and they took him up    
covered with great darkness1 and having 
put him into a litter they carried him  
out4 ,so he that came with many         
servants1 and all his guard into the    
aforesaid treasury1 was carried out1 no 
one being able to help him1 the manifest
 power of ,god being known4 ,and he     
indeed by the power of ,god lay         
speechless1 and without all hope of     
recovery4--#b ,maccabees iii1 #bc-bi4