And Belshazzar [a]while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his [b]father Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the Temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his princes, his wives, and his concubines might drink therein.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or, overcome with wine.
  2. Daniel 5:2 Meaning, his grandfather.

While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18