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- 1. (6th century bc), last king of Babylon, son of Nebuchadnezzar. According to the biblical book of Daniel, he was killed in the sacking of the city and his doom was foretold by writing that appeared on the palace walls at a great banquet.
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Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: Bēl-šar-uṣur, meaning "Bel, protect the king"; Hebrew: בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר Bēlšaʾṣṣar) was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (r. 556–539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (r.
- Bēl-šar-uṣur
- Nabonidus
- Chaldean dynasty, (matrilineal) (?)
Belshazzar (prince of Bel), the last king of Babylon and a son of Nebuchadnezzar. The miraculous appearance of the handwriting on the wall, the calling in of Daniel to interpret its meaning the prophecy of the overthrow of the kingdom, and Belshazsars death.
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Belshazzar was the last king of ancient Babylon and is mentioned in Daniel 5. Belshazzar reigned for a short time during the life of Daniel the prophet. His name, meaning “Bel protect the king,” is a prayer to a Babylonian god; as his story shows, Bel was powerless to save this evil ruler.
The meaning of BELSHAZZAR is a son of Nebuchadnezzar and king of Babylon in the book of Daniel.
Aim of Daniel v. King of Babylon mentioned in Dan. v. and viii. as the son of Nebuchadnezzar and as the last king before the advent of the Medes and Persians. The Greek form Βαλτάζαρ is used both for the Hebrew "Belshasar," or less accurately, ( ib. vii. 1), and for "Belteshazzar" (, Dan. i. 7).
Jan 19, 2024 · The identity of Belshazzar (Akkadian, Bēl-šarru-uṣur, meaning “Bel protect the king”) has been firmly established since the mid-19th century through the translation of numerous cuneiform inscriptions. In 1853, four clay cylinders were discovered in the ruins of the ziggurat at Ur in Iraq by J.E. Taylor.
BELSHAZZAR bĕl shăz’ ər ( בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר, Βαλτασάρ, prob. from Babylonian Bēl-šar-usūr, “the god Bel has protected the king”). Son of, and coregent with Nabonidus (556-539 b.c. ), the Chaldaean ruler at the time of the capture of Babylon by Darius the Mede in 539 b.c. ( Dan 5:30; 7:1 ).
