Daniel 5:1
Konteks5:1 King Belshazzar 1 prepared a great banquet 2 for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of 3 them all. 4
Daniel 6:11
Konteks6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king 5 came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.
[5:1] 1 sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539
[5:1] 2 sn This scene of a Babylonian banquet calls to mind a similar grandiose event recorded in Esth 1:3-8. Persian kings were also renowned in the ancient Near Eastern world for their lavish banquets.
[5:1] 3 sn The king probably sat at an elevated head table.
[5:1] 4 tn Aram “the thousand.”
[6:11] 5 tn Aram “those men”; the referent (the administrative officials who had earlier approached the king about the edict) has been specified in the translation for clarity.