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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Daniel 5:1-31

5. Belshazzar’s feast, and Daniel’s foreshadowing of the downfall of the Chaldœan Empire, based upon the mysterious handwriting on the wallDaniel 5:1-301Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank 2wine1 before the thousand. Belshazzar, while he tested [in the taste of] the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father2 Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that [and] the king and his princes [lords], his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Daniel 5:1-16

the Handwriting on the Wall Daniel 5:1-16 The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his father in the kingdom, and was left to defend Babylon. He was therefore a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, the word “father,” Daniel 5:11 , being used in the sense of “ancestor.” The great walls of the banqueting hall covered with sculptures and sumptuous decorations; the tablets covered by cuneiform descriptions of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:1-31

The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set before us of the carousal which revealed the man, and was the occasion of the final manifestation of his sin, and of the consequent judgment of God. Having gathered together a thousand of his lords, his wives, and his concubines, he was guilty of the unutterable folly of using in drunken revelry the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:1

BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST‘A great feast.’ Daniel 5:1 I. The seat of the scorner.—We see in this narrative that Belshazzar had, in the pursuit of a sinful course, reached this seat. He was a man of an entirely different character from the Nebuchadnezzar of the previous lesson, who was not his literal father, but his predecessor on the Babylonian throne. You can discern a marked difference in the bearing of Daniel to him and in his bearing towards this predecessor. He spoke to Nebuchadnezzar with the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:1

‘Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.’ The abrupt introduction of the subject is typical of the author (compare Daniel 3:1; Daniel 4:1). Belshazzar (mentioned as Bel - shar - usur on cuneiform tablets, where he is always called ‘son of the king’) was the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, and son of Nabonidus, the latter later in life going into semi-retirement in Arabia to study astrology, leaving Belshazzar to act in his place as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:2

‘Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.’ We are not told of any reason why he did this, but he seemingly knew of them and no doubt persuaded himself in his drunken stupor that it was time they were used. It was probably his means of declaring the power of Babylon, and possibly his own... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:3-4

‘Then they brought the golden vessels which were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone.’ The blasphemy of the situation is starkly brought out. We cannot doubt the intent of the king. The golden vessels were those connected with the sanctuary itself (see Daniel 1:2). And in the midst of that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:5

‘In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.’ Excavation has revealed that the walls of the Babylonian palace were covered with white plaster so that any dark object would be highlighted against it in the light of the great lampstand. Only the king is actually mentioned as seeing the hand that wrote. But it does not necessarily mean that no other saw... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:1-31

Daniel 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers of a man’ s hand are seen, writing on the wall. Daniel explains the handwriting and tells the king that his days are numbered and that his kingdom is to be given to the Medes and Persians. That night the king is murdered and Darius the Mede assumes the throne. The motive of the chapter is again... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:1

Belshazzar’s name is from riches and power. They were wont, when they were promoted, to take new names, which also were significant, as this is, Belshazzar; Bel hath or gives power and riches; this they attributed to the honour of their idol, which belongs only to the God of heaven. There is much contest among the learned who this Belshazzar was; let us mind the Scripture, and not trust to heathen historians. In the second verse here he is called the son of Nebuchadnezzar, his father, so Daniel... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Daniel 5:1-31

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Daniel 5:1-16

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Daniel 5:1-31

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 5:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:3-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 5:1-31

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 5:1

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