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Daniel 5:30

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¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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  1. Jeremiah 51:31Rank 1 from verse 30
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    31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

  2. Jeremiah 51:39Rank 2 from verse 30
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    39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.

  3. Jeremiah 51:57Rank 3 from verse 30
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    57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

  4. Daniel 5:1–2Rank 4 from verse 30
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    1BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

    2Belshazzar, 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; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

  5. Isaiah 21:4–9Rank 5 from verse 30
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    4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

    5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

    6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

    7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

    8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

    9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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Daniel 5:30

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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Chaldeans

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Sense 1: People of Chaldea. Sense 2: Members of a learned or astrologer class associated with Babylon.

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29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

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

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