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29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

30 That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian[a] king, was killed.[b]

31 [c]And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:30a Or Chaldean.
  2. 5:30b The Persians and Medes conquered Babylon in October 539 B.c.
  3. 5:31 Verse 5:31 is numbered 6:1 in Aramaic text.

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