Daniel 5:7
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The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon, the imperial capital on the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, was the setting of Belshazzar’s feast; Chaldea denotes the broader Babylonian region and its learned class. Jerusalem, Judah’s former capital, matters because its temple vessels had been taken to Babylon and profaned at the feast.
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Daniel 5:7 mentions Babylon, Chaldea and Jerusalem.
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