Daniel 5:30
5:30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king,
1 was killed.
2
Daniel 4:7
4:7 When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.
Daniel 2:10
2:10 The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, 3 for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.
Daniel 5:7
5:7 The king called out loudly
4 to summon
5 the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed
6 to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple
7 and have a golden collar
8 placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.
1 tn Aram “king of the Chaldeans.”
2 sn The year was 539 B.C. At this time Daniel would have been approximately eighty-one years old. The relevant extra-biblical records describing the fall of Babylon include portions of Herodotus, Xenophon, Berossus (cited in Josephus), the Cyrus Cylinder, and the Babylonian Chronicle.
3 tn Aram “matter, thing.”
5 tn Aram “in strength.”
6 tn Aram “cause to enter.”
7 tn Aram “answered and said.”
8 sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.
9 tn The term translated “golden collar” here probably refers to something more substantial than merely a gold chain (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT) or necklace (cf. NASB).