Belshazzar בֵּֽלְאשַׁצַּר, בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר

Emperor. Belshazzar, the last Emperor of Babylon, is mentioned in the book of Daniel as the son of Nebuchadnezzar (though historically known as the son of Nabonidus).

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Where Belshazzar appears

Daniel (8)

Key verses

• Daniel 5:1 first mention — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:2 — 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 5:9 — Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
• Daniel 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Daniel 5:29 — Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:30 — In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Daniel 7:1 — In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
• Daniel 8:1 — In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.