Daniel 5:2 meaning and explanation
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
Daniel 5:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, is hosting a great feast for a thousand nobles and is drunk on wine when he gives this order. The gold and silver vessels had been carried off from the Jerusalem temple by Nebuchadnezzar, called his father here in the sense of predecessor or ancestor.
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