# Daniel 5:20

> But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

— Daniel 5:20, 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

- 2 Kings 17:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/14
- Exodus 9:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/9/17
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/13
- Proverbs 16:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/16/18
- Jeremiah 13:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/13/18
- Hebrews 3:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/3/13
- Job 40:11-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/40/11
- Proverbs 16:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/16/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/20
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