Daniel 5:30 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

BSB

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ASV

In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FIVE (420)

Verses 30, 31. "On that same night Belshazzar, King of the Chaldeans, was slain, and Darius the Mede succeeded to his kingdom at the age of sixty-two." Josephus writes in his tenth book of the Jewish Antiquities that when Babylon had been laid under siege by the Medes and Persians, that is, by Darius and Cyrus, Belshazzar, King of Babylon, fell into such forgetfulness of his own situation as to put on his celebrated banquet and drink from the vessels of the Temple, and even while he was besieged he found leisure for banqueting.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And it was foretold what a consternation it would be to the court, Jer. li. Note, Death comes as a snare upon those whose hearts are overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness. The transferring of the kingdom into other hands.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now in this sumptuous feast, 1. He put an affront upon the providence of God and bade defiance to his judgments. His city was now besieged; a powerful enemy was at his gates; his life and kingdom lay at stake.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

In that night was Belshazzar - slain - Xenophon says, he was dispatched by two lords, Gadatas and Gobrias, who went over to Cyrus, to avenge themselves of certain wrongs which Belshazzar had done them. We have already seen that Cyrus entered the city by the bed of the Euphrates, which he had emptied, by cutting a channel for the waters, and directing them into the marshy country.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֵּ֚הּ	beh	on it
בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א	be.Lei.le.Ya'	on night the	H3916 →
קְטִ֕יל	ke.Til	he was killed	H6992 →
בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר	be.le.sha.Tzar	Belshazzar	H1113 →
מַלְכָּ֥א	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ	khas.da.ya'	Chaldeans the	H3779 →

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Jeremiah 51:39
While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:27
  “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 51:57
  I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
- Nahum 1:10
  For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
- Isaiah 22:12–14
  On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Through
Jeremiah 51:57
I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
leads to
- Jeremiah 46:18
  As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Jeremiah 48:15
  Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Jeremiah 51:31
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 18:19–31
  Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:6
  So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that…

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About Daniel