# Daniel 5:6

> his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

— Daniel 5:6, 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

- Ezekiel 7:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/7/17
- Daniel 7:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/7/28
- Nahum 2:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/10
- Psalms 69:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/69/23
- Ezekiel 21:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/21/7
- Daniel 4:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/5
- Isaiah 13:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/7
- Daniel 4:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/19

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).