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.

[5:30]  ¹ tn Aram “king of the Chaldeans.”

[5:30]  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.

[2:10]  ³ tn Aram “matter, thing.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Aram “in strength.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Aram “cause to enter.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Aram “answered and said.”

[5:7]  ⁸ sn Purple was a color associated with royalty in the ancient world.

[5:7]  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).