Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Daniel 5:31
And Darius (o) the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
(o) Cyrus his son-in-law gave him this title of honour, even though Cyrus in effect had the dominion.
And Darius (o) the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
(o) Cyrus his son-in-law gave him this title of honour, even though Cyrus in effect had the dominion.
Verse Daniel 5:31. _DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM_] This is supposed to be the same as _Cyaxares_, son of _Astyages_ and maternal uncle of _Cyrus_, to whom he gave the throne of Babylon, after hi...
AND DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM - The city and kingdom were actually taken by Cyrus, though acting in the name and by the authority of Darius, or Cyaxares, who was his uncle. For a full explana...
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...
DARIUS THE MEDIAN. Through not noting the fact that "Darius" was an appellative denoting "the Maintainer", and used by Xerxes and others, modern critics have denied the existence of such. king. ASTYAG...
_And Darius the Median_(or _the_ MEDE, as Daniel 11:1) RECEIVED _the kingdom_ The idea of the writer appears to be that the Medes and Persians were acting in concert at the time of the capture of Baby...
AND DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM— _And Darius the Mede accepted the kingdom;_ so the Syriac and Arabic versions. This Darius, in the ninth chapter, is said to be _of the seed of the Medes,_ and...
d. TRAGEDY TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31 24 then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed, 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN....
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM - i:e., Cyaxares II, the son and successor of Astyages, B.C. 569-536. Though Kor...
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...
DARIUS THE MEDIAN (RV 'Mede')] presents the greatest historical difficulty in the book. In this v. he receives the kingdom of Babylon upon the death of Belshazzar. In Daniel 6:1; Daniel 6:25 he acts a...
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,...
DARIUS THE MEDIAN. — Note the LXX. variation: “And Artaxerxes of the Medes took the kingdom, and Darius, full of days and glorious in old age.” (See _Excursus D._) TOOK — _i.e.,_ received it from the...
_[Daniel 6:1]_ וְ דָרְיָ֨וֶשׁ֙ _מָֽדָאָ֔ה_† קַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א...
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...
WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING Daniel 5:17-31 Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed may decipher a scroll which...
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...
_Darius. He is called Cyaxares by the historians, and was the son of Astyages, and uncle to Cyrus (Challoner) as well as to Baltassar, by the mother's side. He is styled Astyages, (Chap. xiii. 65.) or...
Short, but awful, the account of the king's death! In that night. A night indeed of terrors. Certainly it was a night of the most daring impiety. Probably also, a night of drunkenness. So died this wr...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! dismiss not this solemn chapter, until thou hast gathered some of the many instructions, which, under grace, it holds forth to the Church of God, and to all the members of Christ'...
Daniel adds, _the kingdom was transferred to the king of the Medes, _whom he calls Darius, but Xenophon terms him Cyaxares. It is clear enough that Babylon was taken by the skill and under the auspice...
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...
AND DARIUS THE MEDIAN TOOK THE KINGDOM,.... This was Cyaxares the son of Astyages, and uncle of Cyrus; he is called the Median, to distinguish him from another Darius the Persian, that came after, Ezr...
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old. Ver. 31. _And Darius._] Called by Ctesias, Dαριαιος, which comes near to Dariaves, as the Chaldee here calleth him....
_In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain_ He and all his nobles were slain together, in the midst of their feasting and revelling, as Herodotus, lib. 1., and Xenophon, inform us....
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
And Darius, the Median, took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. We have evidence from secular sources also that Darius, the Mede, whose other name was Gobryas, received from Cyrus,...
BEING: Cald. he as the Son of, etc. ABOUT: Or, now...
18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but t...
There were two of this name, one called the Mede, another Darius called Persian. This in the text was he that with Cyrus besieged and took Babylon; he gave himself the name Darius, being before called...
Daniel 5:31 Darius H1868 Mede H4077 received H6902 (H8745) kingdom H4437 sixty-two H8361 H8648 years H8140 old...
‘In that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty two years old.' The king was probably slain in what fighting there was, along...
DARIUS THE MEDIAN The biblical order of the monarchs of Daniel's time, and of the period of the captivity and restoration of Judah, is as follows: (1) Nebuchadnezzar (B.C. 604-561) with whom the cap...
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...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the end of the Babylonian Empire. ⇐...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:30 BELSHAZZAR gave Daniel the promised reward, but it was an empty gift. THAT VERY NIGHT Belshazzar’s rule ended, when the Medes and the Persians entered Babylon. Belshazzar...
_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...
Daniel 6:1; Daniel 9:1...
Darius the Mede — This was he that with Cyrus besieged and took Babylon....
How can the Book of Daniel be inspired if it makes reference to a man that modern scholarship says never existed? PROBLEM: According to Daniel 5:31, the kingdom of Belshazzar fell to the invading armi...