Who is King Belshazzar in the Book of Daniel , what do we know of him?
This has some information about him…
“Belshazzar was the last king of
ancient Babylonand is mentioned in
Daniel 5. Belshazzar reigned for a short time during the life of Daniel the prophet. His name, meaning “Bel protect the king,” is a prayer to a Babylonian god; as his story shows, Bel was powerless to save this evil ruler.
Belshazzar ruled Babylon, a powerful nation with a long history and a long line of powerful kings. One of those kings was
Nebuchadnezzar, who had conquered Judah, bringing the temple treasures to Babylon along with Daniel and many other captives. Belshazzar was Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson through his daughter Nitocris. Belshazzar calls Nebuchadnezzar his “father” in
Daniel 5:13, but this is a generic use of the word
father, meaning “ancestor.”
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