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Belshazzar Quotes

556 BC–539 BC

Belshazzar was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (who reigned from 556 to 539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (who reigned from 605 to 562 BC), though this is not certain and the claims to kinship with Nebuchadnezzar may have originated from royal propaganda.

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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Belshazzar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.