# Daniel 5:22

> But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

— Daniel 5:22, 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

- Exodus 10:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/10/3
- 2 Chronicles 33:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/33/23
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/12
- James 4:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/4/17
- James 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/4/6
- 1 Peter 5:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/5/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/22
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).