Belshazzar’s Feast
This king held a great feast for a thousand nobles.
Who is Belshazzar?
The writing appeared on this part of the palace.
What is the plaster wall?
Daniel refused to do this when interpreting the writing on the wall.
What is receiving gifts or rewards from the king?
Daniel said Belshazzar exalted himself against this.
What is the Lord of heaven?
This happened to Belshazzar the same night Daniel interpreted the writing.
What is he was killed?
The king called for these to be brought so that his guests could drink from them.
What are the gold and silver temple vessels from Jerusalem?
The inscription began with this repeated word.
What is “Mene”?
Daniel reminded Belshazzar that God gave this ancestor greatness and majesty.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Belshazzar praised idols that could not do these three things.
What is see, hear, and know?
Who is Darius the Mede or Cyrus the Great?
The king and his guests praised these instead of the true God.
What are idols of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone?
“Tekel” meant the king had been weighed and found this.
What is wanting (or lacking)?
Daniel was promoted to this rank after interpreting the writing.
What is third ruler of the kingdom?
The writing declared Belshazzar’s kingdom would be this.
What is divided?
The fall of the kingdom fulfilled the meaning of this word in the writing on the wall.
What is "Peres"?
The king's face changed and his knees knocked when this appeared.
What is the hand writing on the wall?
“Peres” meant this would happen to the kingdom.
What is divided and given to the Medes and Persians?
Daniel accused Belshazzar of doing this with the temple vessels.
What is dishonoring God?
“Mene” meant God had done this to Belshazzar’s reign.
What is numbered its days?
Babylon fell to this combined empire.
What is the Medo-Persian Empire?
This royal family member advised the king to call Daniel.
Who is the queen (queen mother)?
Daniel noted Belshazzar failed to do this, even though he knew Nebuchadnezzar’s story.
What is humble his heart?
The queen says Daniel has the “spirit of” these beings.
What are "the holy gods"?
Daniel said God holds this in His hand, referring to Belshazzar.
What is his breath (life)?
The fall of Babylon in Daniel 5 foreshadows another fall in this book of the Bible.
What is Revelation?