Daniel 5:28-30
Amplified Bible
28 ‘[a]peres’—[b]your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and [c]Persians.”
29 Then 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.
30 During that same [d]night Belshazzar the [last] Chaldean king was slain [by troops of the [e]invading army].
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- Daniel 5:28 The singular of upharsin (see v 25).
- Daniel 5:28 Foretold in Is 21:2, 5, 9.
- Daniel 5:28 Aram Paras.
- 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 5:28-30
New International Version
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(C) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(D)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(E) king(F) of the Babylonians,[b] was slain,(G)
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
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