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29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was robed in purple, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.

30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed, 31 and Darius the Mede[a] entered the city and began reigning at the age of sixty-two.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:31 Darius the Mede. Darius the Mede is not to be confused with Darius the Persian mentioned in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah, nor with the one in Nehemiah 12:22.

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