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28 As for peres--your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.| 29 Then, on Belshazzar's orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom. 30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed. 31 So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old. Daniel 5:28-31, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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