Daniel
What special ability did God give Daniel?
Interpret/understand dreams.
What did King Belshazzar do for his leaders when he knew they were surrounded by the Medo Persian army?
Gave a feast.
What law was King Darius tricked by jealous men into making?
A law that people could pray only to the king
Whom did the King Belshazzar call for to try to interpret the words on the wall?
His wise men: enchanters, Chaldeans, astrologers
Which king of Babylon was ruling about 20 years after Nebuchadnezzar’s death?
Belshazzar
Name two or more sins that Daniel warned the King Belshazzar about.
Pride, idolatry, not honoring God.
When the king and his people were feasting and drinking, what bad decision did Belshazzar make?
To bring out the vessels taken from God’s temple and drink from them.
What punishment was Darius forced to give Daniel, even though he didn’t want to?
Throw him in the lions’ den.
Who told the king about Daniel and how he’d interpreted dreams for King Nebuchadnezzar?
The queen
Who became king after Belshazzar was killed?
Darius the Mede.
What did Daniel continue to do even though he knew about the law?
Pray three times a day to God.
What was wrong with Belshazzar using the vessels from the temple to drink out of?
He was not treating the vessels as holy or respecting/honoring God, using them to worship their false gods.
How did Darius feel when he learned that God had saved Daniel?
He was glad.
What three words were on the wall?
MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN (PERES)
Daniel said that MENE meant that God had numbered the days of what?
The kingdom of Belshazzar (of Babylon).
How did God protect Daniel?
He sent an angel to close the lions’ mouths.
What miraculous sign did God send to get King Belshazzar’s attention during the feast?
A hand appeared and wrote on the wall
What did Darius do after he had Daniel taken out of the lions’ den?
He ordered the men who accused Daniel to be thrown into the den with their families; he commanded all people to fear the God of Daniel.
Whom did Daniel say the writing on the wall was from?
The hand of God, the true God (not gods of silver, gold, etc.)
TEKEL meant that Belshazzar had been weighed in the balances and found what?
Wanting
About how old was Daniel when he was thrown into the lions’ den?
Eighty years old.
How did Belshazzar feel when he saw the hand writing on the wall?
Alarmed, terrified.
What kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar's dream was Darius the Mede in?
(Kingdoms 2 and 3) 39 Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
With the benefit of history on our side, we can know the Babylonians were followed by the Medo-Persian Empire followed by the kingdom of Greece.
How soon did the message that Belshazzar’s kingdom would fall take place?
That very night.
PERES meant that the kingdom would be divided and given to whom?
The Medes and the Persians.