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CHAPTER V
_In the commencement of this chapter we are informed how_
_Belshazzar, the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, when rioting in his_
_palace, and profaning the severed vessels of the temple_, 1-4,...
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BELSHAZZAR THE KING - See Introduction to the chapter, Section II. In
the Introduction to the chapter here referred to, I have stated what
seemed to be necessary in order to illustrate the history of...
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CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
_ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_
2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5)
3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10)
4. The message of Daniel ...
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DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a
great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon
from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
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THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.-- Daniel 5:1-12; Daniel 5:25-28.
GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting._ -- Daniel 5:27. TIME. --According to Sir Henry Rawlinson, B.
C....
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BELSHAZZAR. He was the son of Nabonidus. The inscriptions show that he
was made co-regent while he (Nabonidus) went to meet Cyrus. See note
on verses: Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:1.
A GREAT FEAST...
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_Belshazzar_ Babyl. _Bêl-shar-uṣur_, -Bel, protect the king!" LXX.
Theod. and Vulg. confuse this name with Belteshazzar (Daniel 1:7),
representing both by Βαλτασαρ, -Baltassar."
_to a thousand of his...
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BELSHAZZAR THE KING— The grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, the Labynetus
of Herodotus, and the last monarch of the Babylonian kingdom. This
last king is said by Ptolemy to have reigned 17 years, and we read...
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CHAPTER FIVE
I. DEGENERATE DESPOT'S
DEMISEDaniel 5:1-31
a. TERROR
TEXT: Daniel 5:1-7
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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and
drank wine before the thousand.
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Be...
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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand.
BELSHAZZAR. Rawlinson, from the Assyrian inscriptions, has explained
the seeming discrepancy b...
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BELSHAZZAR THE KING] These words raise another historical difficulty,
We learn from the inscriptions that Belshazzar was the son of Nabuna'
id (Nabonidus), the last king of Babylon, and never occupied...
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BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he
profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the
Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 5
V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important
people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
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V.
(1) BELSHAZZAR. — On this king see _Excursus C._ As he was the son
of Nabonidus, a space of about thirty years must have elapsed since
the event recorded in the last chapter. The Babylonian empire...
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THE FIERY INSCRIPTION
IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture,
intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt
and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
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THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
Daniel 5:1-16
The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at
Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his
father in the kingdom,...
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The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to
the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No
details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
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(a) Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine (b) before the thousand.
(a) Daniel recites this history of King Belshazzar, Evilmerodach's
son, to show God's ju...
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Baltassar. He is believed to be the same as Nabonides, the last of the
Chaldean kings, grandson to Nabuchodonosor. He is called his son (ver.
2, 11, &c.) according to the style of the Scriptures, beca...
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The Prophet simply gives the relation of the history, but doth not
enlarge upon it. Indeed it needs no comment. Drunkenness leads to
impiety and prophaneness: and every evil follows. Was it not enough...
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CONTENTS
Having done with Nebuchadnezzar, we here enter upon the history of his
descendant Belshazzar; and a short history it is. We have here, his
impious feast; his prophanation of the vessels of t...
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_BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST_
‘A great feast.’
Daniel 5:1
I. THE SEAT OF THE SCORNER.—We see in this narrative that
Belshazzar had, in the pursuit of a sinful course, reached this seat.
He was a man of an e...
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Daniel here refers to the history of what happened at the taking of
Babylon; but meanwhile he leaves those judgments of God to the
consideration of his readers, which the Prophets had predicted before...
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In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to
the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that
character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of
weakn...
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BELSHAZZAR THE KING MADE A GREAT FEAST,.... This king was not the
immediate successor of Nebuchadnezzar, but Evilmerodach, Jeremiah
52:31, who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned two years; then
fo...
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_Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand._
Ver. 1. _Belshazzar the king._] Son to Evilmerodach, grandson to
Nebuchadnezzar, whose line fa...
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_Belshazzar_ The son of Evil-merodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar;
_made a great feast to a thousand of his lords_ To the principal
officers and great men of his court, and was himself present at...
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Belshazzar, the king, the son of Nabonidus, either natural or adopted,
and coregent with him, apparently the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, MADE
A GREAT FEAST TO A THOUSAND OF HIS LORDS AND DRANK WINE BE...
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THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
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1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians
consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are
sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indee...
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DANIEL CHAPTER 5 Belshazzar's impious feast, DANIEL 5:1. The
hand-writing on the wall, which the magicians could not explain,
troubleth him, DANIEL 5:5. At the recommendation of the queen Daniel
is br...
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Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar H1113 king H4430 made H5648 (H8754) great H7229
feast H3900 thousand H506 lords H7261 drank...
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‘Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand.'
The abrupt introduction of the subject is typical of the author
(compare Daniel 3:1; Daniel 4:1...
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Daniel 5:1
I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance.
II. It was characterised by great profanity.
III. This night was one of supernatural visitation.
IV. This was a night of t...
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Daniel 5:1 , DANIEL 5:6; DANIEL 5:25; DANIEL 5:28
The case of Belshazzar may be fairly assumed as a case of clear and
powerful conviction of sin which did not
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CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The
pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its
interpretation and fulfillment.
CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
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Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the
son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire
therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
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_Belshazzar the king made a great feast._
BELSHAZZAR
This feast is, like how many other events, rescued from oblivion by
the interposition of a Divine hand. The presence of God in history is
its salt...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last
king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the
true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.)
This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The
magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the
profligate kin...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 5:1
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text
has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three
verses which seem to be...
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Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and
drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1).
There are men who call themse...
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Esther 1:3; Genesis 40:20; Isaiah 21:4; Isaiah 21:5; Isaiah 22:12;...
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Belshazzar — The grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. Made a great feast —
After the manner of the eastern kings who shewed their magnificence
this way. But this is prodigious that he should carouse when the c...
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— How can Daniel say the last king of Babylon was Belshazzar when
history records that it was Nabonidus?
PROBLEM: Daniel 5 records the downfall of Babylon and identifies the
king of Babylon as Belshaz...