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30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed, 31 and Darius the Mede[a] entered the city and began reigning at the age of sixty-two.

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  1. Daniel 5:31 Darius the Mede. Darius the Mede is not to be confused with Darius the Persian mentioned in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah, nor with the one in Nehemiah 12:22.

30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C) 31 and Darius(D) the Mede(E) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[b]

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  1. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
  2. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

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

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

30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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