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Daniel interpreted the words as God numbering Belshazzar’s days and bringing them to an end, weighing him and finding him lacking, and dividing his kingdom to the Medes and Persians. The kingdom then fell that night. Daniel 5:25–31
25This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
27TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
28PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.