Belshazzar

¹ Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

² Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

²⁹ Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰ That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

³¹ and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.