2, 714a)
thinks that some of ??'s changes arose from a desire to give consistency
to the facts. The change at the end of v. 27, however, is hardly a happy
one, ???±??¶ ?µ??¶???µ?? being put immediately after ??? ?????¬???‰??, thus suggesting the
idea that the latter drew attention to the fact that he was destroyed.
The LXX. avoided this.
It is remarkable that Theodoret, in his _Commentary on Daniel_, comments
on vv. 1 and 2 of Bel and the Dragon (??) only, treating them as the
closing verse (14) of chap. xii., and introducing them with the words,
????•?„?‰ ???»?·???????±?‚ ?„????? ??????????¬?»?…?????? ??????®???±???µ?? ??? ???????†?®?„?·?‚?‡ ???±??¶ ??? ???±?????»?µ????‚
??????„?…?¬???·?‚, ??.?„.?». This curious fact, combined with that of their omission
from the ?????, points to some arrangement of the text with which we are
not acquainted. Theodoret also refers to these same verses previously,
in commenting on chaps. v. 3 and x. 1. Though he says nothing of the
rest of Bel and the Dragon, he shews, by his referring in Ep.
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