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Daniel 5
[Bible]Daniel 5 tells how Belshazzar, king of Babylon, held a feast using vessels from the temple in Jerusalem, saw handwriting appear on the wall, and heard Daniel interpret it; that same night the kingdom fell.
Mordecai
[People]Mordecai was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin who appears in the Old Testament Book of Esther. He raised his cousin Esther, thwarted Haman's plot to massacre the Jews, and rose to become second only to the king in the Persian Empire.
Jeremiah 33:6–9
[Bible Verses]Jeremiah 33:6–9 is a passage in which God promises to heal Jerusalem, then besieged by Babylon and on the verge of collapse, to bring back its captives, and to forgive its sins. Because it contains promises of restoration and forgiveness, it is frequently cited in sermons on healing and restoration.
Sheshbazzar
[People]Sheshbazzar was a leader of Judah who, during the reign of the Persian king Cyrus, received the vessels of the Jerusalem temple and led the first return of the Babylonian exiles. He appears in Ezra 1 and 5.
Gedaliah
[People]Gedaliah was the man Babylon appointed to govern the people left in the land of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem. He ruled from Mizpah until he was assassinated by Ishmael.
Mithredath
[People]Mithredath is a Persian personal name found in the Book of Ezra. Two individuals bear this name: the treasurer of King Cyrus, who handed over the temple vessels to Sheshbazzar, and a man who wrote to King Artaxerxes.
Nehushta
[People]Nehushta was the mother of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah), king of Judah, and the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. In the early sixth century BC she was carried off to Babylon with her son in the first Babylonian deportation.
Belshazzar's Feast
[Bible]Belshazzar's Feast is the event recorded in Daniel 5, in which handwriting appeared on the wall during a banquet at which Belshazzar, king of Babylon, drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem and praised idols. The king was slain that same night.
Eunuch
[Bible]A eunuch was an official who served the king and the royal household closely in ancient palaces; in many cases he was a castrated man. The Hebrew and Greek terms appear across both Testaments, and the Korean Revised Version renders the same original term with several different words depending on context.
Captain of the Guard
[Bible]"Captain of the guard" is a biblical title for the head of a unit responsible for guarding an ancient king and carrying out executions. Nebuzaradan of Babylon and Potiphar of Egypt held related titles.
2 Kings 25
[Bible]The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of Judah into captivity, the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, and the release of the captive king Jehoiachin from prison.
Jeremiah 37
[Bible]Jeremiah 37 recounts how, during the reign of King Zedekiah, Jeremiah is arrested on a charge of desertion and imprisoned while the Babylonian army has temporarily withdrawn, and how the king secretly summons him to ask for a word from the LORD.
Jeremiah 39
[Bible]Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army, the capture of King Zedekiah, the release of Jeremiah, and the promise of deliverance given to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian.
Jeremiah 34
[Bible]Jeremiah 34 is a 22-verse chapter containing an oracle delivered to King Zedekiah while the Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem, together with a declaration of judgment against the people of Judah, who made a covenant to release their Hebrew servants and then reversed it.