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Belshazzar

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Belshazzar , according to the Bible, son of Nebuchadnezzar and last king of Babylon. The Book of Daniel relates that, at his feast, handwriting appeared on the wall. Daniel interpreted it as a prophecy of doom; that night Babylonia fell to the otherwise unknown Darius the Mede .

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