Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Daniel 5:2
Verse Daniel 5:2. Whiles he tasted the wine] He relished it, got heated by it, and when WINE got fully in, WIT went wholly out; and in consequence he acted the profane part of which we immediately read.
Verse Daniel 5:2. Whiles he tasted the wine] He relished it, got heated by it, and when WINE got fully in, WIT went wholly out; and in consequence he acted the profane part of which we immediately read.
BELSHAZZAR, WHILE HE TASTED THE WINE - As the effect of tasting the wine - stating a fact which is illustrated in every age and land, that men, under the influence of intoxicating drinks, will do what...
CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST _ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_ 2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5) 3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10) 4. The message of Daniel ...
DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
BELSHAZZAR, WHILE HE TASTED WINE. While engaged in wine drinking and under its influence. Inflamed, half crazed with wine, he dared to do. sacrilegious act that he would not have done had he been sobe...
VESSELS. Compare Daniel 1:2. and see 2 Kings 25:15; 2 Chronicles 36:10. FATHER NEBUCHADNEZZAR. No "historical difficulty". Critics should tell us what word Daniel could have used, seeing there is no w...
_whiles_ the genitive sing. of the subst. _while_(as in -for a _while_"), used adverbially (cf. -needs," -upwards"). It occurs in A.V. Daniel 9:20-21; Ezekiel 21:29 (twice), Ezekiel 44:17;...
WHILES HE TASTED THE WINE— _When he grew warm with wine._ Houbigant. The _golden_ and _silver vessels_ here spoken of, were those carried by Nebuchadnezzar from the temple of Jerusalem to the treasure...
CHAPTER FIVE I. DEGENERATE DESPOT'S DEMISEDaniel 5:1-31 a. TERROR TEXT: Daniel 5:1-7 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Be...
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 prin...
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
VESSELS] see Daniel 1:2. His father Nebuchadnezzar] another historical difficulty. Nabuna'id was the father of Belshazzar, and was a usurper, who did not belong to the same family as Nebuchadnezzar. I...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
WHILES HE TASTED — _i.e.,_ while he was enjoying the wine. The sacred vessels were brought out of the temple of Merodach, and profaned in this manner for the purpose of defying Jehovah. But it may be...
בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞ר אֲמַ֣ר ׀ בִּ טְעֵ֣ם חַמְרָ֗א לְ...
THE FIERY INSCRIPTION IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL Daniel 5:1-16 The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his father in the kingdom,...
The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his (c) father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his...
The Prophet simply gives the relation of the history, but doth not enlarge upon it. Indeed it needs no comment. Drunkenness leads to impiety and prophaneness: and every evil follows. Was it not enough...
Here king Belshazzar courts his own punishment, because he furiously stirred up God’s wrath against himself, as if he was dissatisfied with its delay while God put off his judgment for so long a perio...
In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of weakn...
BELSHAZZAR, WHILE HE TASTED THE WINE,.... As he was drinking his cups, and delighted with the taste of the wine, and got merry with it: or, "by the advice of the wine" h, as Aben Ezra and Jarchi inter...
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 pri...
_Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine When he grew warm with wine_, Houb. _Commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels_, &c. Triumphing thereby over God and his people. _They drank wine_ Made the...
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, sitting before them on a platform or dais, when he had just gotten under the influence of the wine's intoxicating power, COMMANDED TO BRING THE GOLDEN AND SILVER...
THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
TAKEN OUT: Cald. brought forth...
1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indee...
This king having the wine, liked it so well, that he resolved to make a merry day of it, and in order to it, sent for the vessels of God's temple, which he did in scorn and contempt, triumphing thereb...
Daniel 5:2 tasted H2942 wine H2562 Belshazzar H1113 command H560 (H8754) bring H858 (H8682) gold H1722 silver...
‘Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, h...
FATHER Nebuchadnezzar was "father" of Belshazzar in the biblical sense that David is called "father" of Jesus, (Luke 1:32). Belshazzar was probably a grandson....
Daniel 5:1 I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance. II. It was characterised by great profanity. III. This night was one of supernatural visitation. IV. This was a night of t...
CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its interpretation and fulfillment. CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.) This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the profligate kin...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 5:1 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three verses which seem to be...
Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1). There are men who call themse...
2 Chronicles 11:20; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:18;...
To bring the vessels — Triumphing thereby over God and his people....