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The last king of Babylon who saw the handwriting on the wall
Nabonidus Cylinder and Verse Account (cuneiform texts naming Belshazzar as son of King Nabonidus and co-regent of Babylon), housed at the British Museum, London
Regent of Babylon during Nebuchadnezzar's dynasty. He hosted a feast using sacred vessels from Jerusalem's temple, and a mysterious hand wrote on the wall. Daniel interpreted the message — "MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN" — meaning God had numbered, weighed, and divided his kingdom. That night Babylon fell to the Persians (Daniel 5).
A mysterious hand writes a message on the palace wall during a drunken party — and it spells the end of the Babylonian Empire.
Nabonidus Moves His Court to TemaexileThe last Babylonian king Nabonidus abandons Babylon and moves his royal court to the Arabian oasis of Tema for ten years — leaving his son Belshazzar as co-regent and setting the stage for Daniel 5.
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