Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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Gill's Exposition
Belshazzar the king made a great feast,.... This king was not the immediate successor of Nebuchadnezzar, but Evilmerodach, Jer 52:31, who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned two years; then…
Barnes' Notes
Belshazzar the king - See Introduction to the chapter, Section II. In the Introduction to the chapter here referred to, I have stated what seemed to be necessary in order to illustrate the history of…
Adam Clarke
Belshazzar the king made a great feast - This chapter is out of its place, and should come in after the seventh and eighth. There are difficulties in the chronology. After the death of Nebuchadnezzar,…
We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and God affrights him; and wait what will be the…
Cambridge Bible
Belshazzar Babyl. Bêl-shar-uṣur, -Bel, protect the king!" LXX. Theod. and Vulg. confuse this name with Belteshazzar (Dan 1:7), representing both by Βαλτασαρ, -Baltassar."
to a thousand of his lords in…
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