Daniel 5:29-31

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²⁹Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian^[a] king, was killed.^[b]

³¹^[c]And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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5:30a Or Chaldean.
5:30b The Persians and Medes conquered Babylon in October 539 B.c.
5:31 Verse 5:31 is numbered 6:1 in Aramaic text.

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