Daniel 5:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

One evening, King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his highest officials, and he drank wine with them.

Cross References

Esther 1:3

During the third year of his rule, Xerxes gave a big dinner for all his officials and officers. The governors and leaders of the provinces were also invited, and even the commanders of the Persian and Median armies came.

Isaiah 22:14

The Lord All-Powerful has spoken to me this solemn promise: “I won't forgive them for this, not as long as they live.”

Isaiah 22:12

When all of this happened, the Lord All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, and wear sackcloth.

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like twisted thornbushes burning in a fire.

Jeremiah 51:57

I, the Lord All-Powerful, the true King, promise that the officials and advisors, the governors and leaders, and the soldiers of Babylon will get drunk, fall asleep, and never wake up.

Jeremiah 51:39

And since they are hungry, I will give them a banquet. They will celebrate, get drunk, then fall asleep, never to wake up!

Genesis 40:20

Three days later, while the king was celebrating his birthday with a dinner for his officials, he sent for his personal servant and the chief cook.

Jeremiah 50:35

I have declared war on you, your officials, and advisors.

Daniel 5:30

That same night, the king was killed.