29 Then (A)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (B)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 (C)That very night (D)Belshazzar the (E)Chaldean king was killed. 31 [a] And (F)Darius (G)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic

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