Daniel Chapter 5 Flashcards

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According to Daniel 5:1, who made a great feast?

Belshazzar the king

According to Daniel 5:1, who did Belshazzar the king make a great feast for?

a thousand of his lords

According to Daniel 5:1, what did Belshazzar the king do in the presence of the thousand?

drank wine

According to Daniel 5:2, while he tasted the wine, what did Belshazzar command be brought to him?

<p>the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, who took the gold and silver vessels from the temple in Jerusalem?

<p>Nebuchadnezzar</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, what was Nebuchadnezzar's relationship to Belshazzar?

<p>he was his father</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, Belshazzar the king commanded that the gold and silver vessels from the temple which had been in Jerusalem be brought so that who might drink from them?

<p>the king, his lords, his wives, his concubines</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:3, what did the king, his lords, his wives, and his concubines drink from?

<p>the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:3, where had the gold vessels been taken from? Be specific.

<p>the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:4, as the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank wine, who did they praise?

<p>the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, what appeared the same hour that they were drinking wine?

<p>the fingers of a man's hand</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, where did the fingers of a man's hand appear and begin to write? Be specific.

<p>opposite the lampstand, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, what did the king see?

<p>the part of the hand that wrote</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:6, when the king saw the part of the hand that wrote on the wall, what was his reaction?

<p>his countenance changed; his thoughts troubled him; the joints of his hips were loosened; his knees knocked against each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:7, who did the king cry aloud to have brought in?

<p>the astrologers, the Chaldeans, the soothsayers</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:7, what did the king tell the wise men of Babylon he would do for whoever could read the writing and give him its interpretation?

<p>he would be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; he would be the third ruler in the kingdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:8, when all the wise men came, what were they not able to do?

<p>read the writing or make known the interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:9, what was King Belshazzar's reaction when the wise men could not read the writing or give the interpretation?

<p>he was greatly troubled; his countenance changed</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:9, when King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and his countenance changed, what was the reaction of his lords?

<p>they were astonished</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, who came to the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his lords?

<p>the queen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, who said, 'O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change'?

<p>the queen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, what did the queen say to the king?

<p>do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, the queen told the king there was a man in his kingdom in whom is what kind of spirit?

<p>the Spirit of the Holy God</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, what did the queen say was found in this man in the days of the king's father?

<p>light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, what did King Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar's father, make this man chief of?

<p>the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what was found in this Daniel?

<p>an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, explaining enigmas</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what did the king name Daniel?

<p>Belteshazzar</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, who did the queen advise to be called?

<p>Daniel</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what did the queen say Daniel would do when called?

<p>give the interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, who was brought in before the king?

<p>Daniel</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, what place did the king ask Daniel if he was a captive from?

<p>Judah</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, the king spoke and said to Daniel, 'Are you that Daniel who is one of the ________ from ______, whom my _____ the _____ brought from _____?'

Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:1, who made a great feast?

<p>Belshazzar the king</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:1, who did Belshazzar the king make a great feast for?

<p>a thousand of his lords</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:1, what did Belshazzar the king do in the presence of the thousand?

<p>drank wine</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, while he tasted the wine, what did Belshazzar command be brought to him?

<p>the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, who took the gold and silver vessels from the temple in Jerusalem?

<p>Nebuchadnezzar</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, what was Nebuchadnezzar's relationship to Belshazzar?

<p>he was his father</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:2, Belshazzar the king commanded that the gold and silver vessels from the temple which had been in Jerusalem be brought so that who might drink from them?

<p>the king, his lords, his wives, his concubines</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:3, what did the king, his lords, his wives, and his concubines drink from?

<p>the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:3, where had the gold vessels been taken from? Be specific.

<p>the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:4, as the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines drank wine, who did they praise?

<p>the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, what appeared the same hour that they were drinking wine?

<p>the fingers of a man's hand</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, where did the fingers of a man's hand appear and begin to write? Be specific.

<p>opposite the lampstand, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:5, what did the king see?

<p>the part of the hand that wrote</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:6, when the king saw the part of the hand that wrote on the wall, what was his reaction?

<p>his countenance changed, his thoughts troubled him, the joints of his hips were loosened, his knees knocked against each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:7, who did the king cry aloud to have brought in?

<p>the astrologers, the Chaldeans, the soothsayers</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:7, what did the king tell the wise men of Babylon he would do for whoever could read the writing and give him its interpretation?

<p>he would be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; he would be the third ruler in the kingdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:8, when all the wise men came, what were they not able to do?

<p>read the writing or make known the interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:9, what was King Belshazzar's reaction when the wise men could not read the writing or give the interpretation?

<p>he was greatly troubled, his countenance changed</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:9, when King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and his countenance changed, what was the reaction of his lords?

<p>they were astonished</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, who came to the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his lords?

<p>the queen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, who said, 'O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change'?

<p>the queen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:10, what did the queen say to the king?

<p>do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, the queen told the king there was a man in his kingdom in whom is what kind of spirit?

<p>the Spirit of the Holy God</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, what did the queen say was found in this man in the days of the king's father?

<p>light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:11, what did King Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar's father make this man chief of?

<p>the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and soothsayers</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what was found in this Daniel?

<p>an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, explaining enigmas</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what did the king name Daniel?

<p>Belteshazzar</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, who did the queen advise to be called?

<p>Daniel</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:12, what did the queen say Daniel would do when called?

<p>give the interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, who was brought in before the king?

<p>Daniel</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, what place did the king ask Daniel if he was a captive from?

<p>Judah</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, the king spoke and said to Daniel, 'Are you that Daniel who is one of the ________ from ______, whom my _____ the _____ brought from _____?'

<p>captives, Judah, father, king, Judah</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:13, Belshazzar asked Daniel if he was the same one brought from Judah by whom?

<p>my father</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:14, what did the king tell Daniel he had heard about him?

<p>the Spirit of God is in you, light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:14, what did the king tell Daniel he heard was in him?

<p>the Spirit of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:14, what did the king tell Daniel he heard was found in him?

<p>light and understanding and excellent wisdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:15, who did the king say was brought before him to read and interpret the writing?

<p>the wise men, the astrologers</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:15, the wise men and astrologers were able to read the writing and make known its interpretation.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:15, what did the king say the wise men and astrologers were not able to do about the writing?

<p>give the interpretation of the thing</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:16, what did the king say he heard Daniel could do?

<p>give interpretations and explain enigmas</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, which God had Belshazzar not glorified? Be specific.

<p>the God who holds your breath and owns all your ways</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:25, what is the inscription that was written?

<p>MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:26, what is the interpretation of MENE?

<p>God has numbered your kingdom and finished it</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:27, what is the interpretation of TEKEL?

<p>you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:28, what is the interpretation of PERES?

<p>your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:29, what did they do when Belshazzar gave the command?

<p>clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck and made a proclamation that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:16, what did Belshazzar the king promise Daniel if he could read the writing and make known the interpretation?

<p>he would be clothed in purple, have a chain of gold around his neck, be the third ruler in the kingdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:17, did Daniel thank the king for the generous gifts in exchange for reading the writing and giving the interpretation?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:17, Daniel answered and said before the king, 'Let your ______ be for _____ and _____ your _____ to ______.'

<p>gifts, yourself, give, rewards, another</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:17, even though Daniel refused the king's gifts, what did Daniel say he would still do?

<p>read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:18, what did the Most High God give Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar's father?

<p>a kingdom, majesty, glory, honor</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:19, who trembled and feared before Nebuchadnezzar because of the majesty the Most High God gave him?

<p>all peoples, nations and languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:19, what did all peoples, nations and languages do before Nebuchadnezzar because of his majesty?

<p>trembled and feared before him</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:19, what did Nebuchadnezzar do with whomever he wished?

<p>executed, kept alive, set up, put down</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:20, when was Nebuchadnezzar deposed from his kingly throne?

<p>when his heart was lifted up and his spirit hardened with pride</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:20, what was taken from Nebuchadnezzar when his heart was lifted up and his spirit hardened in pride?

<p>his glory</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, when Nebuchadnezzar's glory was taken from him, where was he driven from?

<p>the sons of men</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, what was Nebuchadnezzar's heart made like?

<p>the beasts</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, what animal was Nebuchadnezzar's dwelling with?

<p>wild donkeys</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, what did they feed Nebuchadnezzar with?

<p>grass like oxen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, they fed Nebuchadnezzar with grass like what type of animal?

<p>oxen</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, what was wet with the dew of heaven?

<p>his body - Nebuchadnezzar's body</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, what was Nebuchadnezzar's body wet with?

<p>the dew of heaven</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:21, Nebuchadnezzar lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like oxen until he learned what lesson?

<p>the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men and appoints over it whomever He chooses</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:22, although he knew what had happened to his father, what had Belshazzar not done?

<p>humbled his heart</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, who has Belshazzar lifted himself up against?

<p>the Lord of heaven</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, what have they brought before Belshazzar?

<p>the vessels of His (the Lord of heaven's) house</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, what did Belshazzar, his lords, his wives, his concubines drink from the vessels of the Lord's house?

<p>wine</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, what did Belshazzar praise?

<p>the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:23, what do the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone not do?

<p>see or hear or know</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:24, what was sent from Him?

<p>the fingers of the hand</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:30, who was slain that very night?

<p>Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:30, who received the kingdom?

<p>Darius the Mede</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daniel 5:30, how old was Darius the Mede when he received the kingdom?

<p>sixty-two years old</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Belshazzar's Feast and Actions

  • Belshazzar, king of Babylon, hosted a great feast for a thousand lords.
  • As the wine was served, Belshazzar commanded the gold and silver vessels taken from the Jerusalem temple to be brought forth for drinking.

Involvement of Nebuchadnezzar

  • Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar's father, had previously taken these sacred vessels.
  • Belshazzar ordered that he, his lords, wives, and concubines drink from these vessels during the feast.

Idolatry and Divine Sign

  • The attendees praised various idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone while drinking.
  • A mysterious hand appeared, writing a message on the palace wall, causing Belshazzar to panic.

King's Reaction and Search for Answers

  • Belshazzar's fear made him visibly distressed, leading him to summon astrologers and wise men to interpret the writing.
  • Despite their efforts, none could decipher the message, further heightening the king's anxiety.

The Queen's Intervention

  • The queen entered the banquet hall, advising Belshazzar to seek Daniel, who possessed the Spirit of the Holy God and had a history of wisdom and insight.
  • Daniel was previously appointed chief of magicians and astrologers during Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.

Daniel's Arrival and Interpretation

  • Daniel was brought before Belshazzar, who questioned his identity as a captive from Judah.
  • The king acknowledged hearing of Daniel's wisdom and understanding, which impressed him.

The Message and Its Meaning

  • God expressed His displeasure with Belshazzar through the writing: "MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN."
  • The interpretations were as follows:
    • MENE: God has numbered and brought an end to the kingdom.
    • TEKEL: Belshazzar has been weighed and found lacking.
    • PERES: The kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

Belshazzar's Fate

  • Upon hearing the interpretation, Daniel received royal honors; however, Belshazzar remained unrepentant.
  • That same night, Belshazzar was killed, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

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