...which had been set up by Nebuchadnezzar in the plains of Dura,) Belshazzar, the king, we are told, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand ; and, as if it were not enough that he should be a bacchanalian, he must needs add sacrilege to his...

...helped him," when he and his allies were overthrown by a mere handful of young men. And it was while " Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank before the thousand," profanely using the sacred vessels of the temple, that a hand- writing appeared...

...DAMEI. v. 27. IN the preceding part of this chapter we are informed, that Belshazzar, king of Babylon, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords and drank wine before the thousand. And while he tasted the wine, he commanded his servants to bring forth the golden vessels, which were...

...we read the scene which closed his connection with the Babylonic dynasty, at Belshazzar's feast: " Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand...of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was...

...Such is he testimony of heathen writers, and what says the sacred listorian ? He informs us, that " Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before hem ;" and while he and his lords and his concubines were at heir midnight revellings, the handwriting...

...unknown to the luxurious idolaters of Babylon, even while they were being so strikingly fulfilled. Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and while he triumphed amid the splendour of his luxurious court, he commanded to bring the golden and...

...moment of triumph was the hour of judgment. " Did any ever harden themselves against God and prosper." " Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand...lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar...

...experiment, when the population might be expected to be indulging in unguarded revelry. So it came to pass. " Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand ; " and while thoughtlessly abandoned to mirth, the gates in the walls which lined the river were deserted...

...justify all this huddle of vulgar consternation. From the words of Daniel it appears that Belshazzar had made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. The gold and silver vessels are gorgeously enumerated, with the princes, the king's concubines, and...

...Nebuchadnezzar. As stated by Daniel, it came to pass in the seventeenth year of this king's reign, that he ' gave a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.' While engaged on this festive occasion, he commanded the golden and 1 silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar...