The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story (1891) (14782623624)

Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nd he will tell the interpretation. Then was Daniel brought in before Belshazzar. And he told the king thatbecause he had been proud, and had sinned against God, and had brought thevessels of his temple and drank wine in them, and had worshipped idols of silverand gold, therefore, God had sent this hand to write upon the wall of thepalace. And Daniel said, These are the. words of it: MENE, MENE, TEKEL,UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation: Thy kingdom is ended, God has takenit from thee. He tried thee as king, but thou hast not obeyed him. He hasgiven thy kingdom to the Medes and the Persians. When Daniel had interpreted the dream, then Belshazzar commanded hisservants to clothe him with scarlet, and to put a chain of gold about his neck,and the king made a decree that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.That same night came Cyrus with the army of the Medes and Persians intoBabylon, and Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, was slain, and Darius, theMede, took the kingdom. 190
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DANIEL INTERPRETS THE WRITING ON THE WALL OF KING BELSHAZZARS PALACE. Jf)^ • Daniel V. 23. King D abuts Makes a Decbee. V^^HEN Darius, the Mede, was made king of Babylon, he appointed one\ \ hundred and twenty princes. These princes hated Daniel because theking greatly honored him, and set him over them. And they tried tofind out some evil concerning him, but could find none. Then they came to theking, and said, King Darius, all thy princes want a law to be made, that whoso-ever shall ask help of any god or man, for thirty days, except of thee, O king,shall be cast into the den of lions. !STow, O king, make this law and this decree,and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed; for the law of the Medes andPersians changes not. Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree,• Now, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into hishouse, and the windows of his chamber being opened toward Jerusalem, hekneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and