 BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple...  Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands - Page 451850 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marcus Wood - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 772 pages
...his balance Egypt's7 fate. * In Daniel 5 King Belshazzar has a great feast. When he orders the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem to be brought in, a supernatural hand appears and writes the words MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2004 - 296 pages
...prove that the gods of Babylon were superior to the God of the Jews. So "whiles he tasted the wine" he "commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels,...father Nebuchadnezzar . . . had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem." Nebuchadnezzar had deposited those vessels in the temple of his favorite god,... | |
 | Grace Song - 2004 - 738 pages
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 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - Religion - 2004 - 386 pages
...more than a drunken orgy in honor of the idols of Babylon. :Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which...father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink... | |
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