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Daniel 5:10

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The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

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Verse 10. The queen. Not his wife, but the mother of the king; ( Challoner.) Amyit, widow of Nabuchodonosor, and sister of Darius, the Mede; or ( Calmet.) Nitocris, the mother of Labynithus, (Herod. i.) whom many confound with Baltassar. Calmet.

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