Belshazzar

Belshazzar is an emperor living at the time of the exile and return. He is named in 8 verses of the Bible, first in Daniel 5:1.

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Daniel

• Daniel 5:1
  Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Daniel 5:2
  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; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
• Daniel 5:9
  Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
• Daniel 5:22
  And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
• Daniel 5:29
  Then 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.Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:30
  In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
• Daniel 7:1
  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
• Daniel 8:1
  In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.