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The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:30-31

The Word of God verified. It is not often that the word of Divine warning is so swiftly and so visibly accomplished as it was here. Frequently God allows time (according to human calculation) to intervene. Yet, in every case, the agency is set in motion, so soon as the propose is formed, and that agency, whether it moves slowly or swiftly, moves surely to its end. But the idea of time is human. The structure of the human mind compels us to introduce the element of duration. But God is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:31

And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about three score and two years old . It is probable that the Massoretic division of the chapters here is to be preferred. According to it, this verse is assigned to the begining of the next chapter, but most of the more ancient versions, Theodotion, the Peshitta, and the Vulgate, agree with our English arrangement. The Septuagint, like the Massoretic text, assigns this verse to the sixth chapter. Its rendering manifests several striking... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:30

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain - On the taking of Babylon, and the consequences, see the notes at Isaiah 13:17-22; Isaiah 45:1-2. The account which Xenophon (“Cyrop.” vii. s.) gives of the taking of Babylon. and of the death of the king - though without mentioning his name, agrees so well with the statement here, that it may be regarded as a strong confirmation of its correctness. After describing the preparation made to take the city by draining off the waters of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:31

And Darius the Median took the kingdom - The city and kingdom were actually taken by Cyrus, though acting in the name and by the authority of Darius, or Cyaxares, who was his uncle. For a full explanation of the conquests of Cyrus, and of the reason why the city is said to have been taken by Darius, see the notes at Isaiah 41:2. In regard to the question who Darius the Median was, see the Introduction to Daniel 6:0, section II. The name Darius - דריושׁ dâreyâvêsh, is the name under which the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:30-31

Daniel 5:30-31 . In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain He and all his nobles were slain together, in the midst of their feasting and revelling, as Herodotus, lib. 1., and Xenophon, inform us. The latter relates the story thus, Cyropæd., lib. 7. “That two deserters, Gadatas and Gobryas, having assisted some of the Persian army to kill the guards, and seize upon the palace, they entered into the room where the king was, whom they found standing up in a posture of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31

Belshazzar’s feast (5:1-31)The events of this chapter took place in 539 BC. If Daniel was about fifteen years of age when taken captive to Babylon in 605 BC, he would now be over eighty. Nebuchadnezzar had long been dead. The present king, Nabonidus, was absent in distant territories for much of his reign, and the rule of the country was largely in the hands of his son Belshazzar. The queen who appears in the story (v. 10) was probably the queen mother, wife of Nabonidus. Nebuchadnezzar is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:30

that night. Compare Daniel 5:1 . Belshazzar . See note on Daniel 5:2 . the Chaldeans . Here spoken of in the national sense, not of a special class. See note on Daniel 1:4 . slain . Either by the Persians, or it may have been by assassination by one of his own followers, or accidentally in the tumult. Chaldee. k etal, used of a violent death. Compare Daniel 5:19 . This was on the third of the month Marchesvan. On the eleventh, Belshazzar's wife died, perhaps from grief. See Encycl. Brit ,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:31

Darius the Median . Through not noting the fact that "Darius" was an appellative denoting "the Maintainer", and used by Xerxes and others, modern critics have denied the existence of such a king. ASTYAGES was called "Darius". CYRUS (his son) was co-regent. His general GOBRYAS took the city in the name of CYRUS. See Isaiah 45:1 . Compare Jeremiah 51:30 , Jeremiah 51:31 . See notes there. Consult App-57 . took . Chaldee. k ebal = to take from another. Compare Daniel 7:18 . Not the same word as... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 5:30

"In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old."THE PROPHECY FULFILLEDDarius did not take the Median kingdom; Darius the Mede took the kingdom for the Medo-Persians. No "Median kingdom" is in the passage. It was just like saying that Eisenhower the Texan took the presidency! or that William the Frenchman took the kingdom of England in 1066.Of course, the critics are certain that there never was such a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:30

Daniel 5:30. In that night was Belshazzar—slain— He and all his nobles were slain together, in the midst of their feasting and revels. Xenophon relates the history thus: Two deserters, Gadatas and Gobrias, having assisted some of the Persian army to kill the guards and seize upon the palace, entered the room where the king was, whom they found in a posture of defence; but they soon dispatched him and his attendants. See Xenoph. Cyropaed. lib. 7: and Bishop Chandler's Vindication, p. 17, 18... read more