Daniel 5:1

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Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Babylon, the imperial capital on the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, was the center of the Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) kingdom, ruled here by Belshazzar. Jerusalem mattered because Babylon had taken its temple vessels after conquering Judah, setting the stage for Belshazzar’s sacrilegious feast.

Places in this passage

Daniel 5:1 mentions Babylon, Chaldea and Jerusalem.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13