The king's servants who had cast them in continued to heat the furnace with brimstone, pitch, and dry sticks ... and the fire touched them not at all. 3:49

Trivia: What was the name of the Babylonian idol that was fed every day 12 measures of flour, 40 sheep, and 60 vessels of wine?

  1. The Babylonians worshiped a great dragon - whom Daniel killed by feeding it cakes made of pitch, fat, and hair, which caused it to burst open. 14:22-26

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