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Belshazzar's feast
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300px|thumb|John Martin, Belshazzar's Feast, 1821, half-size sketch held by the Yale Center for British Art
The story of Belshazzar's feast (the writing on the wall) is contained in chapter 5 of the Book of Daniel. In the story, Neo-Babylonian royal Belshazzar holds a feast and drinks from vessels looted from the First Temple.
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In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Book of Daniel 5:30-31 KJV.
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Category:Book of Daniel