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Daniel 5:3 KJV
Daniel · chapter 5 · verse 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.Daniel 5:3 · King James Version
Daniel 5:3 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.
4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlêm{Jerusalem}H3390 →
- broughtʼâthâh{to arrive}H858 →
- vesselsmâʼna utensilH3984 →
- princesrabrᵉbâna magnateH7261 →
- goldendᵉhabgoldH1722 →
- templehêykal{a large public building, such as a palace or temple}H1965 →
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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