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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:24-28

Daniel 5:24-28. Then was part of the hand sent from him The LXX. read, Δια τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη αστραγαλος χειρος , και την γραφην ταυτην ενεταξε . “On this account hath the joint, or part of a hand, been sent from his presence, and hath formed this writing.” The reading in the Vulgate is to the same purpose. Houbigant translates the verse, “Therefore is the hand sent from him, the fingers whereof have formed this writing.” And this is the writing, MENE, &c. In the Arabic... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:29

Daniel 5:29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel The king was so struck with his superior wisdom, and conceived himself so bound by the promise he had made before his nobles, that he ordered the prophet to be rewarded immediately with the honours he had promised him, which he was forced to accept, and which probably prepared him for a more easy reception by the succeeding monarch. “Nor let it be matter of wonder that Daniel is said to be clothed as it were immediately, for... 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 5:24

this writing . The Divine prophetic meaning could not be known or understood till interpreted by Daniel. written: or graven. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:25

MENE, MENE = NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for great emphasis. Chaldee. mene', mene ' = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jeremiah 27:7 . TEKEL = WEIGHED. Chaldee. tekel (compare Hebrew. shekel . App-51 .) UPPHARSIN = AND DIVIDED (or BROKEN). Chaldee. upharsin (the " u " being the conjunction = and), from Chaldee. paras = to break. See note on Daniel 4:27 . There is a further reference, by the Figure of speech Syllepsis (or combination), App-6 , to the ... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:28

made a proclamation . See note on "herald", Daniel 3:4 . 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 5:25

"And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE; MENE TEKEL, U - PHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."DANIEL'S INTERPRETATION OF THE HANDWRITINGIn the interpretation, it should be noticed that Daniel read the last word as Peres, instead of U-Pharsin. The reason for this was that, "The `U'... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:24-28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 5:29

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 5:28

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

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 5:25

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