The Book Of Daniel With Introduction And Notes

Author : Samuel Rolles Driver
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259993964
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Daniel written by Samuel Rolles Driver and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of Daniel: With Introduction and Notes The scene of ch. V. Is Belshazzar's palace, on the eve of Cyrus' conquest of Babylon (b.c. 23 years after the end of N ebu chadnezzar's reign (b.c. When Daniel, supposing him to have been 16 or 17 at the time of his captivity (b.c. Would be 83 or 84 years Old. Belshazzar and his lords are at a feast, impiously drinking their wine out of the golden vessels which had once belonged. To the Temple of Jehovah in Jerusalem. Suddenly there appears on the white plaister of the wall, almost directly above where the king is sitting, the palm of a hand, with fingers writing on the wall. The 'wise men, ' being summoned to interpret what is written, are unable to do so. At the suggestion of the queen-mother, Daniel is called. He reads the king a lesson on his impiety and pride, and on his neglect to take warning by the example of Nebuchadnezzar; and having done this, interprets the writing. Its import is that Belshazzar is no more worthy to enjoy his kingdom: its days are numbered, and it is about to be given to the Medes and Persians. Daniel thereupon receives from Belshazzar the rewards which he had promised to any one who should interpret the writing; and is made one of the three chief Ministers in his kingdom. In the same night Belshazzar is slain, and 'darius the Mede' 'receives' the kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.