1 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. 2 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 5:1–2
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Greek Daniel 5:1–3
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. (WEB) 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in J… (WEB)
Esther 1:6–8
6 Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones. 7 Beverag…
Daniel 5:29–31
29 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. 30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, 31 and Darius the Mede received the kin…
1 Esdras 3:1–2
1 Now King Darius made a great feast for all his subjects, for all who were born in his house, for all the princes of Media and of Persia, (WEB) 2 and for all the local governors and captains and governors who were under him, from India to Ethiopia, in the one hundred t… (WEB)
Greek Daniel 5:29–31
29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclaimed that he should be the third highest ruler in the kingdom. (WEB) 30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. (WEB) 31 Darius the Mede received the k… (WEB)
Greek Esther 1:2–4
2 in those days, when King Ahasuerus was on the throne in the city of Susa, (WEB) 3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for his friends, for people from the rest of the nations, for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the chief of the local governo… (WEB)
Daniel 5:22–24
22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, a…
Greek Daniel 5:22–24
22 “You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, (WEB) 23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have d… (WEB)
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