DANIEL 5:30

When

Prophecies of Daniel

Who

Belshazzar

In what words

• לֵילְיָאlêylᵉyâʼ{Lael an Israelite}
• בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרBêlshaʼtstsar{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}
• כַּשְׂדַּיKasdaya Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
• מֶלֶךְmeleka king

The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.

What's left of it

• The Nabonidus Chronicle — Babylon falls, October 539 BCFixed dateThe fall of Babylon to Cyrus is dated to a single month by Babylon's own chronicle, and the co-regency arrangement behind Daniel's Belshazzar appears in the same body of texts.

Cross-references

Jer 51:31, Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57, Isa 21:4–9, Isa 47:9, Jer 51:11, Dan 5:1–2