And Belshazzar [a]while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his [b]father Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the Temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his princes, his wives, and his concubines might drink therein.

Then were brought the golden vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lord’s house at Jerusalem, and the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines drank in them.

They drank wine, and praised the [c]gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:2 Or, overcome with wine.
  2. Daniel 5:2 Meaning, his grandfather.
  3. Daniel 5:4 In contempt of the true God, they praise their idols, not that they thought that the gold or silver were gods, but that there was a certain virtue and power in them to do them good, which is also the opinion of all idolaters.

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