The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Interpretation
Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon.
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This thought runs through Daniel 5:5-9.