Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

In Context

29Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:4My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Jeremiah 51:11Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of the Medes; because his design against Babylon is its destruction: for it is the punishment from the Lord, the payment for his Temple.

Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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