# Daniel 5:21

> He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

— Daniel 5:21, 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 4:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/25
- Ezekiel 17:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/17/24
- Daniel 4:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/17
- Daniel 4:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/35
- Exodus 9:14-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/9/14
- Job 30:3-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/30/3
- Psalms 83:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/83/17
- Daniel 4:32-33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/32

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).