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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 5 - Introduction

* Belshazzar's impious feast; the hand-writing on the wall. (1-9) Daniel is sent for to interpret it. (10-17) Daniel warns the king of his destruction. (18-31)

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See also Daniel 5 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Section I. - Authenticity of the Chapter Much fewer objections have been made to the authenticity of this chapter, and much fewer difficulties started, than in regard to Daniel 4. Those which have be...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    BELSHAZZAR's FEAST While Belshazzar and his lords are at a feast, impiously drinking their wine from cups which had belonged once to the Temple at Jerusalem, the fingers of a man's hand appear writin...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _BELSHAZZAR'S IMPIOUS FEAST. A HAND-WRITING, UNKNOWN TO THE MAGICIANS, TROUBLETH THE KING. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE QUEEN, DANIEL IS BROUGHT: HE REPROVETH THE KING OF PRIDE AND IDOLATRY, READETH A...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SERMON NUMBER FIVE BELSHAZZAR, THE PLAYBOY OF BABYLON Text: Daniel 5 INTRODUCTION I. BELSHAZZAR REALLY LIVED? A. For many years unbelieving critics of the Bible insisted that since there were n...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (c-0) (The title of this book, 'Daniel'), Meaning, '*God ( _ El_ ) is judge.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EXCURSUS C: BELSHAZZAR (DANIEL 5). Before any opinion can be pronounced upon the identification of this king with other known kings, the following questions require an answer. In Daniel 5:11, Are the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 5 This chapter gives an account of a feast made by King Belshazzar, attended with drunkenness, idolatry, and profanation of the vessels taken out of the temple at Jerusalem, Da...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. When Nebuchadnezzar died he was succeeded by his son Amel Marduk (Evil-Merodach - 2 Kings 25:27), who was then succeeded within two years by Nergal-shar-usur (Jeremiah 39...

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