Daniel 5:30

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In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

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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 capital of the Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) empire in Mesopotamia, was where Belshazzar was killed as God’s judgment brought that kingdom to its end. Jerusalem mattered because its temple vessels, taken from there, had been profaned at Belshazzar’s feast.

Places in this passage

Daniel 5:30 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