[a]While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver (A)vessels which his [b]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them. Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank out of them. They (B)drank the wine and praised the gods of (C)gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or Under the influence of the wine
  2. Daniel 5:2 Or forefather, and so throughout the ch

While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D) So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(E) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(F)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18