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The Book of Daniel. Chapter Five. The Book of Daniel. “Belshazzar” (5:1) Nabopolassar (Neb. I ) – (626-605 BC). Nebuchadnezzar II – ( 605-562 BC). Evil-Merodach – (562-560 BC). Neglissar – (560-556 BC). Labosordacus – (556 BC). Nabonidus & Belshazzar – (556-538 BC). LYDIAN KINGDOM.
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The Book of Daniel Chapter Five
The Book of Daniel “Belshazzar” (5:1) • Nabopolassar (Neb. I ) – (626-605 BC). • Nebuchadnezzar II – ( 605-562 BC). • Evil-Merodach – (562-560 BC). • Neglissar – (560-556 BC). • Labosordacus – (556 BC). • Nabonidus & Belshazzar – (556-538 BC).
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The Book of Daniel “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). • Cyrus was son of Cambyses & Mandane (daughter of Median king Astyages, son of Cyaxeres) – Herodotus Bk I, 108-109. • Tobit calls Cyaxeres “Ahasuerus” (14:15). • Cyrus deposed Astyages but but treated him with “great consideration and kept him at his court until he died” – Herodotus (Bk I, 130). • Aeschylus considered Median kings predecessors of Cyrus (Persians, 766).
The Book of Daniel “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). • Darius = “Lord King” • Astyages = “Darius the Mede”?