Daniel 5:29-31

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²⁹Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation concerning him was issued [declaring] that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰During that same ^[a]night Belshazzar the [last] Chaldean king was slain [by troops of the ^[b]invading army]. ³¹So ^[c]Darius the Mede received the kingdom; he was about the age of sixty-two.

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Footnotes

Daniel 5:30 The 16th of Tishri (October 12, 539 b.c).
Daniel 5:30 The Persian army had been outside the walls of Babylon for some time, but waited until this time of national feasting before invading.
Daniel 5:31 Some scholars believe “Darius” may be a title rather than a proper name and in this context refers either to Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who conquered Babylon or (more likely) to Gubaru, Cyrus’ commander who led the nighttime attack on the city and was appointed governor of the Babylonian territories.