Daniel 5:2

KJV

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

— Daniel 5:2, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Daniel Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Belshazzar's feast using the Jerusalem temple vessels: a hand writes on the wall. Daniel interprets 'mene mene tekel parsin' — numbered, weighed, divided — as God's judgment on Belshazzar for not honoring God. That night Belshazzar is killed and Darius …

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Other Translations

ASV

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom.

YLT

Belshazzar hath said--while tasting the wine--to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

BBE

Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them.

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