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Verse Daniel 5:30. _IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR - SLAIN._] Xenophon
says, he was despatched by two lords, _Gadatas_ and _Gobrias_, who
went over to Cyrus, to avenge themselves of certain wrongs which...
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IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR THE KING OF THE CHALDEANS SLAIN - On the
taking of Babylon, and the consequences, see the notes at Isaiah
13:17; Isaiah 45:1. The account which Xenophon (“Cyrop.” vii. s.)...
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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 (Daniel 5:17)
Danie...
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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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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...
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DISCOURSE: 1130
BELSHAZZAR’S DEATH
Daniel 5:30. _In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans
slain_.
“KNOWN unto God are all his works from the beginning of the
world.” We speak of things...
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IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR—SLAIN— He and all his nobles were
slain together, in the midst of their feasting and revels. Xenophon
relates the history thus: Two deserters, _Gadatas_ and _Gobrias,_
hav...
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d. TRAGEDY
TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31
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then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing
was inscribed,
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And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN....
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In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR ... SLAIN. Herodotus and Xenophon
confirm Daniel as to the suddenness of the event. Cyrus diverted the
Eup...
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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 a...
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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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בֵּ֚הּ בְּ לֵ֣ילְיָ֔א קְטִ֕יל
בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֥א
_כַשְׂדָּאָֽה_†׃...
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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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WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING
Daniel 5:17-31
Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he
recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed
may decipher a scroll which...
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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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Short, but awful, the account of the king's death! In that night. A
night indeed of terrors. Certainly it was a night of the most daring
impiety. Probably also, a night of drunkenness. So died this wr...
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_THE JUDGE AT THE DOOR_
‘In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.’
Daniel 5:30
Secular historians tell us of the wickedness of this king. Cowardice,
too, was one of his faults,...
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Here Daniel shortly relates how his prophecy was fulfilled that very
night. As we have before explained it, a customary feast-day had
occurred which the Babylonians celebrated annually, and on this
oc...
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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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IN THAT NIGHT WAS BELSHAZZAR, THE KING OF THE CHALDEANS, SLAIN. Not by
a servant of his own, as Jacchiades; or by an eunuch, one of his
guards, as Saadiah and Joseph ben Gorion b; but by Gadales and
G...
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In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Ver. 30. In that night was Belshazzar … slain.] By Gaddatha and
Gobrya, two of Cyrus's commanders, who had been wronged by Belshazzar
(as...
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_In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain_ He and
all his nobles were slain together, in the midst of their feasting and
revelling, as Herodotus, lib. 1., and Xenophon, inform us....
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THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
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18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the
judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are
pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but th...
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Which the heathen histories do also confirm. This shows the severity
of God's judgment against the highest offenders, PSA 2$ PSA 90$ PSA
149$ HOSEA 10:7. It also confirms the truth of God's threatenin...
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Daniel 5:30 night H3916 Belshazzar H1113 king H4430 Chaldeans H3779
slain H6992 (H8752)
Daniel 5:1-2; Isaiah 21:4-9, Isaiah 47:9; Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah
51:31,...
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‘In that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain, and
Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty two years
old.'
The king was probably slain in what fighting there was, alon...
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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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_In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain._
THE LAST NIGHT OF BABYLON
I. THE JUDGMENT OF THIS NIGHT HAD BEEN LONG THREATENED. Upwards of one
hundred and sixty years before this,...
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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 b...
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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 5:1; Daniel 5:2; Isaiah 21:4; Isaiah 47:9; Jeremiah 51:11;
Jeremiah 51:31; Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57...