World English Bible
Daniel 5:29
“Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Verse in context — Daniel 5
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TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
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Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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