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1 | were the gates left open open at Belshaz | Romans | dfriars | 24780 | ||
Why were the gates left open at Belshazzar's feast? | ||||||
2 | were the gates left open open at Belshaz | Romans | Makarios | 24813 | ||
Greetings dfriar! Daniel 5:30 states, "That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain." "5:30 That very night. One ancient account alleged that Persia's General Ugbaru had troops dig a trench to divert and thus lower the waters of the Euphrates River. Since the river flowed through the city of Babylon, the lowered water enabled besiegers to unexpectedly invade via the waterway under the thick walls and reach the palace before the city was aware. The end then came quickly, as guards, Belshazzar, and others were slain on Oct., 16, 539 B.C." [Taken from the MacArthur NKJV Study Bible, pg. 1236, 1997, Word Publishing] "5:30 Though the city had been under a long siege, the Babylonians thought they were secure, having stored 20 years of supplies and having the Euphrates River flowing through the city. The night of the banquet the enemy had diverted the water of the Euphrates by means of a canal linked to a lake, which enabled the soldiers to enter under the gates. Both Herodotus and Xenophon describe this. The date was Oct. 12, 539 B.C." [The Ryrie NASB Expanded Edition Study Bible, pg. 1358, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago] - Nolan |
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