CHAPTER EXPLORER
Daniel 5
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31 verses in KJV · 324 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Daniel 5 (KJV)
5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which [was] at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Daniel
Approximate study chronology: c. 538 BC
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