Daniel 5:28-30

Expanded Bible

²⁸ Parsin [^C“Divided”]: Your kingdom is being divided and will be given to the Medes and the Persians [^Cfrom the Iranian plateau].”

²⁹ Then Belshazzar gave an order for Daniel to be dressed in purple clothes [^Cbefitting a king] and to have a gold chain put around his neck. And it was announced that Daniel was the third highest ruler in the kingdom [v. 7]. ³⁰ That very same night Belshazzar, king of the ·Babylonian people [^LChaldeans], was killed.