Daniel 5:30-31
Living Bible
30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed, 31 and Darius the Mede[a] entered the city and began reigning at the age of sixty-two.
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- Daniel 5:31 Darius the Mede. Darius the Mede is not to be confused with Darius the Persian mentioned in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah, nor with the one in Nehemiah 12:22.
Daniel 5:30-31
New King James Version
Belshazzar’s Fall
30 (A)That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 (B)And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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Daniel 5:30-31
New International Version
30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C) 31 and Darius(D) the Mede(E) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[b]
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
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