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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 GODS. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, and Syriac,
read "the holy gods", as in Daniel 5:11, and Daniel 4:18....
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_I_ HAVE HEARD (R.V.), &c. Daniel 5:11.
_excellent wisdom_ SURPASSING (Daniel 5:12) _wisdom_(Daniel 5:11)....
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b. TURMOIL
TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16
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Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troub...
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_I HAVE EVEN HEARD OF THEE, THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GODS IS IN THEE,
AND THAT LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXCELLENT WISDOM IS FOUND IN
THEE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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וְ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת _עֲלָ֔ךְ_† דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ
אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ
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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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I have even heard of thee, that (k) the spirit of the gods [is] in
thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found
in thee.
(k) For the idolaters thought that the angels had po...
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What a consternation the whole court was thrown into by this event, we
may well conceive, by what is here said. Daniel is again had recourse
to, in order to help the king, and his party out of their a...
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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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I HAVE EVEN HEARD OF THEE,.... Very probably he had heard often of
him, though he did not think fit to honour him, and use him with that
familiarity his grandfather had; or however he had now just hea...
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I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee,
and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in
thee.
Ver. 14. _I have even heard of thee that the spirit, &c....
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_Then was Daniel brought in before the king_ Daniel was now near
ninety years of age; so that his years and honours, and former
preferments, might have entitled him to a free admission into the
king's...
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THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
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I have even heard of thee that the spirit of the gods is in thee, the
king omitting the adjective "holy" which the queen-mother had used,
AND THAT LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXCELLENT WISDOM IS FOUND...
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10-17 Daniel was forgotten at court; he lived privately, and was then
ninety years of age. Many consult servants of God on curious
questions, or to explain difficult subjects, but without asking the...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Daniel 5:14 heard H8086 (H8754) Spirit H7308 God H426 you H5922 light
H5094 understanding H7924 excellent...
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‘Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said
to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is of the children of the
captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? I
h...
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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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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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_Then was Daniel brought in before the king._
THE PREACHER’S OPPORTUNITY
How the prophet always clears a space for himself; how on great
occasions men distribute themselves into proper classes. When...
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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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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the
writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the
end of the Babylonian Empire.
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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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Daniel 5:11; Daniel 5:12...