And Belshazzar [a]while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his [b]father Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the Temple in Jerusalem, that the king and his princes, his wives, and his concubines might drink therein.

Then were brought the golden vessels, that were taken out of the Temple of the Lord’s house at Jerusalem, and the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines drank in them.

They drank wine, and praised the [c]gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or, overcome with wine.
  2. Daniel 5:2 Meaning, his grandfather.
  3. Daniel 5:4 In contempt of the true God, they praise their idols, not that they thought that the gold or silver were gods, but that there was a certain virtue and power in them to do them good, which is also the opinion of all idolaters.

While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D) So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(E) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(F)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18