# Daniel 5:13

> So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?

— Daniel 5:13, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 539 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: Daniel 5 tells of the night, not the year. The Cyrus Cylinder and the Nabonidus Chronicle date the fall of Babylon to October 539 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Belshazzar**, king of Babylon, 553-539 BC · Source: The Nabonidus Chronicle and the tablets that name Belshazzar as son and co-regent. The co-regency explains why, in Daniel 5:7 and 5:29, the reward is *third* place in the kingdom and not second.
- **Cyrus the Great**, king of Persia, 559-530 BC · Source: Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum), which records the policy of sending peoples and their cults back to their own lands; Herodotus I

## See also

- Daniel 6:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/6/13
- Daniel 5:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/11
- Daniel 2:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/2/25
- Ezra 4:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/4/1
- Ezra 6:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/6/16
- Ezra 6:19-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/6/19
- Ezra 10:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/10/16
- John 7:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/3

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).