DANIEL 5

Daniel 5 Outline

  • Belshazzar Made A Great Feast (v1-4)
  • The Writing On The Wall (v5-12)
  • Daniel Interprets The Writing (v13-29)
  • Belshazzar Is Slain & Darius Receives The Kingdom (v30-31)

Key Verse: Daniel 5:5Information Icon

Daniel 5:5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. (ESV)

Daniel 5 ContextInformation Icon

Book: Daniel

Chapter: 5 of 12 Chapters

Author: Daniel

Written In: Aramaic

Year Written: 539 B.C.

Prophetic Passages Fulfilled By Daniel 5: Jeremiah 50, Jeremiah 51, Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Habakkuk 2

Daniel 5 Prophecy Fulfilled Timeframe: 539 B.C.

Daniel 5 TimeframeInformation Icon

4004 B.C.

Creation

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Relevant Books: Genesis

Narrative Chapters: Genesis 1, Genesis 2

2348 B.C.

Worldwide Flood

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Relevant Books: Genesis

Narrative Chapters: Genesis 6, Genesis 7, Genesis 8

1010 B.C.

David Reigns Over Judah

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Nations Involved: Judah

Relevant Books: 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

Narrative Chapters: 2 Samuel 2, 2 Samuel 3, 2 Samuel 4

931 B.C.

Israel Divided: Israel & Judah

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Nations Involved: Israel: Northern Kingdom, Judah: Southern Kingdom

Relevant Books: 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles

Narrative Chapters: 1 Kings 12

740 B.C.

Isaiah Prophesies To Judah

722 B.C.

Assyria Conquered Israel

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Nations Involved: Israel: Northern Kingdom

Relevant Books: 2 Kings

Narrative Chapters: 2 Kings 17

605 B.C.

Daniel Prophesies In Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon

Relevant Books: Daniel

Narrative Chapters: Daniel 1, Daniel 2, Daniel 3, Daniel 4, Daniel 5, Daniel 6, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Daniel 9, Daniel 10, Daniel 11, Daniel 12

586 B.C.

Babylon Conquers Judah (3 of 3)

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Nations Involved: Judah: Southern Kingdom

Relevant Books: 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles

Narrative Chapters: 2 Kings 25, 2 Chronicles 36, Jeremiah 39, Jeremiah 52

562 B.C.

Evil-Marodach Began To Reign In Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon

560 B.C.

Neriglissar Began To Reign In Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon

556 B.C.

Nabonidus Began To Reign In Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon

553 B.C.

Belshazzar Began To Reign In Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon

Narrative Chapters: Daniel 5

539 B.C.

Medes & Persians Conquered Babylon

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Nations Involved: Babylon, Media, Persia, Medo-Persia

Prophecy Chapters: Daniel 2, Daniel 5, Daniel 7, Daniel 8

Daniel 5 Written: 539 B.C.

Daniel 5 Prophecy Fulfilled: 539 B.C.

536 B.C.

Cyrus Allowed Jews To Return To Jerusalem

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Nations Involved: Israel: After Babylon

520 B.C.

Temple Foundation Set

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Nations Involved: Israel: After Babylon

Haggai Prophesies To Israel

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Nations Involved: Israel: After Babylon

Relevant Books: Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah

Narrative Chapters: Ezra 5, Ezra 6

Zechariah Prophesies To Israel

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Nations Involved: Israel: After Babylon

Relevant Books: Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah

Narrative Chapters: Ezra 5, Ezra 6

516 B.C.

Temple Rebuilt

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Nations Involved: Israel: After Babylon

Relevant Books: Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah

Narrative Chapters: Ezra 5, Ezra 6

4 B.C.

Birth of Jesus

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Nations Involved: Rome, Israel

Relevant Books: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Narrative Chapters: Luke 1, Luke 2, Matthew 1

32 A.D.

Jesus Crucified & Resurrected

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Nations Involved: Israel

Relevant Books: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Narrative Chapters: Matthew 27, Matthew 28, Mark 15, Mark 16, Luke 22, Luke 23, Luke 24, John 18, John 19, John 20, John 21

Prophecy Chapters: Isaiah 53