Verse 43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them ,.... Belshazzar, as Kimchi; he had the report brought him of the invasion of his land by them; of their approach to Babylon, and design upon it; and of their number, character, and force:
and his hands waxed feeble ; as they did when he saw the handwriting upon the wall, Daniel 5:6 ;
anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail ; a sudden panic seized him, and he was quite dispirited at once, as a woman in childbirth, when her pains come upon her, and there is no avoiding them; though when those who were with Gobrias and Gadates rushed in upon him, they found him standing up with his sword drawn F26 Xenophon. Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 23. , but unable to defend himself against such a posse as came in upon him.
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