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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69757" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69757" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Belshazzar]] (''bel-shăs'zar'' ), ''Bel's prince,'' or ''may [[Bel]] protect the king,'' was the son or grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, and the last [[Assyrian]] king of Babylon. Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:18. During the siege of the city of Babylon he gave a sumptuous entertainment to his courtiers, and impiously made use of the temple furniture (of which Nebuchadnezzar had plundered the temple at Jerusalem) as drinking-vessels. In the midst of the festivities, to the terror of the king, a hand miraculously appeared to be writing upon the wall: ''Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin'' . Daniel was called in to explain the mystery, which, interpreted, proved to be a prophecy of the king's death and the kingdom's overthrow, which took place in the course of the succeeding night, when Darius the [[Median]] captured the city. Daniel 5:25-31. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38863" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38863" /> == | ||
