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Detail from the church of Lambrechtshagen, Germany, 1759: Daniel in the lions' den with Darius the Mede above. Darius the Mede is mentioned in the Book of Daniel as King of Babylon between Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great, but he is not known to secular history and there is no space in the historical timeline between those two verified rulers. [1]
Belshazzar is killed that night, and Darius the Mede takes the kingdom. [56] Depiction of Belshazzar seeing "the writing on the wall" by Adolf Hult (1919) The broad consensus among scholars is that the Book of Daniel was compiled shortly after the Maccabean Revolt in the 160s BC. [7]
He then sees a hand writing on the palace wall. Daniel is called to interpret the writing after Belshazzar's wise men are unable. Belshazzar is killed and Darius the Mede, a figure not known to history, becomes king (Daniel 5:30–31).
The horrified king summons Daniel, who upbraids him for his lack of humility before God and interprets the message: Belshazzar's kingdom will be given to the Medes and Persians. Belshazzar rewards Daniel and raises him to be third in the kingdom, and that very night Belshazzar is slain and Darius the Mede takes the kingdom. [17] [Notes 3]
Darius the Great – 550 BC Son of Hystaspes: 522–486 BC 486 BC Pharaonic titulary: Horus: Menkhib Nswbty: Stutre [3] The Great King, King of Kings, Pharaoh of Egypt: Xerxes the Great – 519 BC Son of Darius I 485–465 BC 465 BC Typically assumed to be the King Ahaseurus of the Book of Esther based on name The Great King, King of Kings ...
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made… that he should rank third in the kingdom; [and] that very night Belshazzar the Chaldean (Babylonian) king was killed, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom." [4]
Rashi, a medieval rabbi, interpreted the four kingdoms as Nebuchadnezzar ("you are the head of gold"), Belshazzar ("another kingdom lower than you"), Alexander of Macedon ("a third kingdom of copper"), and the Roman Empire ("and in the days of these kings"). [5] Rashi explains that the fifth kingdom that God will establish is the kingdom of the ...
In Daniel 6, Daniel is raised to high office by his royal master Darius the Mede.Daniel's jealous rivals trick Darius into issuing a decree that for thirty days no prayers should be addressed to any god or man but Darius himself; anyone who disobeys this edict is to be thrown to the lions.