Daniel 5:17

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Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him 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, the imperial capital on the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, was the center of Belshazzar’s Chaldean kingdom; “Chaldea” broadly denotes southern Mesopotamia and its ruling culture. Jerusalem, Judah’s capital, mattered because Babylon had taken its temple vessels, whose misuse in this episode displayed contempt for Israel’s God.

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Daniel 5:17 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