King James Version
Daniel 5:1 in the King James Version says “Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.”
Daniel 5:1 · KJV
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. father: or, grandfather taken: Cald. brought forth
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
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“the thousand”
H506hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“before”
H6903(adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence
“the thousand”
H506hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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