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Daniel 5:1 KJV
Daniel · chapter 5 · verse 1
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.Daniel 5:1 · King James Version
Daniel 5:1 in context
1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2Belshazzar, 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.
3Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BelshazzarBêlshaʼtstsar{Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king}H1113 →
- thousandʼălaph{hence a thousand}H506 →
- beforeqᵉbêlin front ofH6903 →
- greatrab{abundant}H7229 →
- feastlᵉchem{, especially bread, or grain }H3900 →
- lordsrabrᵉbâna magnateH7261 →
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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 issue of this contest; and whether he that hardened his heart against God prospered. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9