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Chapter Five The Book of Daniel. “Belshazzar” (5:1) Nabopolassar (Neb. I ) – (626-605 BC). Nebuchadnezzar II – ( 605-562 BC). Evil-Merodach – (562-560.

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1 Chapter Five The Book of Daniel

2 “Belshazzar” (5:1) Nabopolassar (Neb. I ) – (626-605 BC). Nebuchadnezzar II – ( 605-562 BC). Evil-Merodach – (562-560 BC). Neglissar – (560-556 BC). Labosordacus – (556 BC). Nabonidus & Belshazzar – (556-538 BC). “Belshazzar” (5:1) Nabopolassar (Neb. I ) – (626-605 BC). Nebuchadnezzar II – ( 605-562 BC). Evil-Merodach – (562-560 BC). Neglissar – (560-556 BC). Labosordacus – (556 BC). Nabonidus & Belshazzar – (556-538 BC). The Book of Daniel

3 KINGDOM OF THE MEDES KINGDOM OF EGYPT Jerusalem Babylon Euphrates River Tigris River GREAT SEA RED SEA PERSIAN GULF Nile River Ashur Neo-Babylonian Empire LYDIAN KINGDOM Nineveh Medo-Persian Empire

4 “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). 1.Cyrus was son of Cambyses & Mandane (daughter of Median king Astyages, son of Cyaxeres) – Herodotus Bk I, 108-109. 2.Tobit calls Cyaxeres “Ahasuerus” (14:15). 3.Cyrus deposed Astyages but but treated him with “great consideration and kept him at his court until he died” – Herodotus (Bk I, 130). 4.Aeschylus considered Median kings predecessors of Cyrus (Persians, 766). “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). 1.Cyrus was son of Cambyses & Mandane (daughter of Median king Astyages, son of Cyaxeres) – Herodotus Bk I, 108-109. 2.Tobit calls Cyaxeres “Ahasuerus” (14:15). 3.Cyrus deposed Astyages but but treated him with “great consideration and kept him at his court until he died” – Herodotus (Bk I, 130). 4.Aeschylus considered Median kings predecessors of Cyrus (Persians, 766). The Book of Daniel

5 “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). Darius = “Lord King” Astyages = “Darius the Mede”? “Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus” (5:31; 9:1). Darius = “Lord King” Astyages = “Darius the Mede”? The Book of Daniel


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