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29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, they clothed Daniel with purple, put a chain of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation about him that he would have the authority as third ruler in the kingdom.

30 On that very night King Belshazzar of the Chaldeans was slain.

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29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(A) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(B)

30 That very night Belshazzar,(C) king(D) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(E) 31 and Darius(F) the Mede(G) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
  2. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.