30 The same night was Belshazzar the King of the Chaldeans slain.

31 And Darius [a]of the Medes took the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

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  1. Daniel 5:31 Cyrus his son-in-law gave him this title of honor, although Cyrus in effect had the dominion.

30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C) 31 and Darius(D) the Mede(E) 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.