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Belshazzar

Daniel
About

Babylon's last ruler, who threw a great feast using the sacred vessels looted from the Temple. A disembodied hand wrote on the wall — 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin' — and Daniel was summoned to interpret it: the kingdom was numbered and finished. That very night Belshazzar was slain and the city fell to the Medes and Persians.

Relationships
PredecessorNebuchadnezzarCalled his 'father'; the king before him
SummonedDanielWho read the writing on the wall
Key Scripture Appearances
Daniel 5:1
Daniel 5:5
Daniel 5:25
Daniel 5:30

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