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. The hall in which it was held has lately been excavated. It Isaiah 60 feet wide and 172 feet long... [ Continue Reading ]
VESSELS. Compare Daniel 1:2. and see 2 Kings 25:15; 2 Chronicles 36:10. FATHER NEBUCHADNEZZAR. No "historical difficulty". Critics should tell us what word Daniel could have used, seeing there is no word in Chaldee or Hebrew for "grandfather". The word "father" is used by Figure of speech _Synecdoch... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SAME HOUR. At the same moment. See note on "hour", Daniel 3:5. MAN'S. Chaldee. _enash_. App-14. CANDLESTICK. larnpstand. SAW. was gazing on. THE PART. the end: i.e. the fingers.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNTENANCE. bright looks.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTROLOGERS, &C. See note on Daniel 2:2. SCARLET. purple. BE THE THIRD RULER. rule as one of three: i.e. the third: Nabonidus being the first, and Belshazzar the second.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S. Some codices read "Babylon's".... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTONIED. dumbfoundered.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE QUEEN. Nitocris, the daughter in law of Nebuchadnezzar, and mother of Nabonidus. CAME INTO, &C. She was not present among the "wives" of Daniel 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN: or, grandee. Chaldee. _g_ ebar. Same as App-14. SPIRIT. Chaldee. _ruach._ App-9. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. GODS. Chaldee. _'elahin_ (plural) App-4. MADE MASTER OF THE MAGICIANS. See Daniel 2:48. See note on Daniel 2:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARD. dark. BELTESHAZZAR. See note on Daniel 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU, &C... ? Showing that the king had no personal knowledge of Daniel, or had disregarded him. CHILDREN. sons. JEWRY. Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GODS. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, and Syriac, read "the holy gods", as in Daniel 5:11, and Daniel 4:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTERPRETATION. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "interpretation thereof".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOST HIGH. Same as Hebrew. _'elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples. WHOM HE WOULD, &C See note on "inferior" (Daniel 2:39).... [ Continue Reading ]
MIND. spirit. Chaldee. _ruach_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRIVEN, &C. Compare Daniel 4:32. WET. drenched.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SON. See note on "father", Daniel 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Chaldee. _mare._ The equivalent for the Hebrew Adonai. App-4. Compare _Maran_ in " _Maranatha_ " (1 Corinthians 16:22). WHICH SEE NOT, &C. Compare Psalms 115:4; Psalms 135:15; Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 46:6; Isaiah 46:7. IN WHOSE HAND, &C. Compare Genesis 2:7;... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS WRITING. The Divine prophetic meaning could not be _known_ or _understood_ till interpreted by Daniel. WRITTEN: or graven.... [ Continue Reading ]
MENE, MENE. NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for great emphasis. Chaldee. _mene', mene_. = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jeremiah 27:7. TEKEL. WEIGHED. Chaldee. _tekel_ (compare Hebrew. _shekel_. App-51.) UPPHARSIN. AND DIVIDED (or BROKEN). Chaldee. _upharsin_ (the " _... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. PROCLAMATION. See note on "herald", Daniel 3:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT NIGHT. Compare Daniel 5:1. BELSHAZZAR. See note on Daniel 5:2. THE CHALDEANS. Here spoken of in the national sense, not of. special class. See note on Daniel 1:4. SLAIN. Either by the Persians, or it may have been by assassination by one of his own followers, or accidentally in the tumult. C... [ Continue Reading ]
DARIUS THE MEDIAN. Through not noting the fact that "Darius" was an appellative denoting "the Maintainer", and used by Xerxes and others, modern critics have denied the existence of such. king. ASTYAGES was called "Darius". CYRUS (his son) was co-regent. His general GOBRYAS took the city in the name... [ Continue Reading ]