Daniel 5:12

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because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

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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 was the capital of the Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia, where Daniel served in exile; Chaldea refers to the Babylonian region and its learned advisers. Jerusalem was Judah’s covenant city, from which temple vessels had been taken, underscoring the contrast between Babylon’s rulers and Daniel’s God-given wisdom.

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Daniel 5:12 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