Bible Fact · People
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, …
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem. (Daniel 5:1-2)
Daniel 5:1 (KJV)
Commentary on this fact (KJV)
More People facts
They brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Daniel 5:3-4)
Daniel 5:4 (KJV)
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace. (Daniel 5:5)
Daniel 5:5 (KJV)
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Daniel 5:6)
Daniel 5:6 (KJV)
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. (Daniel 5:13)
Daniel 5:13 (KJV)
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour... But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. (Daniel 5:18-20)
Daniel 5:18 (KJV)
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. (Daniel 5:22)
Daniel 5:22 (KJV)
Related categories
This fact also appears in these Bible fact collections.