Daniel 5
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Daniel 5:28-31

28PERESH65371 means that your kingdomH4437 has been dividedH6537 and given overH3052 to the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540.”

29ThenH116 BelshazzarH1113 gave the commandH560, and they clothedH3848 DanielH1841 in purpleH711, placed a goldH1722 chainH2002 aroundH5922 his neckH6676, and proclaimedH3745 himH5922H1768 the third highestH8531 rulerH7990 in the kingdomH4437.

30That very nightH3916 BelshazzarH1113 kingH4430 of the ChaldeansH37792 was slainH6992, 31and DariusH1868 the MedeH4076 receivedH6902 the kingdomH4437 at the ageH1247H8140 of sixty-twoH8361H8648.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia. ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 5:30 That is, the Babylonians ↩

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