Daniel 5:28-30
Context5:28 As for peres 1 – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
5:29 Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, 2 Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom. 5:30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, 3 was killed. 4
1 sn Peres (פְּרֵס) is the singular form of פַרְסִין (pharsin) in v. 25.
2 tn Aram “Belshazzar spoke.”
3 tn Aram “king of the Chaldeans.”
4 sn The year was 539