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Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclaimed that he should be the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
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Verse 29. Third, or over a third part. Saint Jerome 5:7. Bible. The honours wee conferred without delay, and they would have been made public in the morning. But death prevented the king; and Daniel did not enjoy them till they were ratified by Darius, to whom he adhered. Calmet.—The Medes then besieged the city, which they took that night, when most part were drunk. Worthington.—It was a solemn festival. Isaiah 21. Saint Jerome—Cyrus rushed in by the channel of the Euphrates, and two of the king’s guards slew him to revenge themselves. Xenoph. 7. Beros.
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