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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 5 – Belshazzar’s Feast
Chapter 5 — Belshazzar’s Feast

VERSE 1. Belshazzar the king made a great

feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank

wine before the thousand.

The chief feature of interest pertaining to this

chapter is the fact that it describes the closing

scenes of the Babylonish empire, the

transition from the gold to the silver of the

great image of chapter 2, and from the lion to

the bear of Daniel’s vision in chapter 7. This

feast is supposed by some to have been a

stated annual festival, in honor of one of their

deities. On this account, Cyrus, who was then

besieging Babylon, learned of its approach,

and knew when to lay his plans for the

overthrow of the city. Our translation reads

that Belshazzar, having invited a thousand of

his lords, drank before the thousand. Some