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NASB					Dan 5:30 ¶ That same night³⁹¹⁶ ^ABelshazzar¹¹¹³ the Chaldean³⁷⁷⁹ king⁴⁴³⁰ was ^Bslain⁶⁹⁹².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Dan 5:30 ¶ During that same ¹night Belshazzar the [last] Chaldean king was slain [by troops of the ²invading army].

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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The 16th of Tishri (October 12, 539 B.C).

The Persian army had been outside the walls of Babylon for some time, but waited until this time of national feasting before invading.

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Dan 5:1 Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

Is 21:4 My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

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Greek Heb.

Belshatstsar (1084d); (Ara.) corr. to 1112; a Bab. king:--Belshazzar(7).

Kasday (1098a); (Ara.) corr. to 3778; inhab. of Chaldea:--Chaldean(3), Chaldeans(6).

lela (1099b); (Ara.) corr. to 3915; night:--night(5).

melek (1100b); (Ara.) corr. to 4428; king:--King(20), king(127), king's(16), kings(14), royal(3).

qetal (1111a); (Ara.) corr. to 6991; to slay:--kill(1), killed(1), slain(3), slay(1), slew(1).

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