down.

5:20. But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto
pride, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was
taken away.

5:21. And he was driven out from the the sons of men, and his heart was
made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses, and he
did eat grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven:
till he knew that the most High ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
will set over it whomsoever it shall please him.

5:22. Thou also, his son, O Baltasar, hast not humbled thy heart,
whereas thou knewest all these things:

5:23. But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the
vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy
nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of
iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel:
but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast
not glorified.

5:24. Wherefore, he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written
this that is set down.

5:25. And this is the writing that is written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.

5:26. And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

5:27. THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.

5:28. PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and
Persians.

5:29. Then by the king's command, Daniel was clothed with purple, and a
chain of gold was put about his neck: and it was proclaimed of him that
he had power as the third man in the kingdom.

5:30. The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.

5:31. And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore
and two years old.

Darius... He is called Cyaxares by the historians; and was the son of
Astyages, and uncle to Cyrus.

Daniel Chapter 6

Daniel is promoted by Darius: his enemies procure a law forbidding
prayer; for the transgression of this law Daniel is cast into the lions'
den: but miraculously delivered.

6:1. It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a
hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.

6:2. And three princes over them of whom Daniel was one: that the
governors might give an account to them, and the king might have no
trouble.

6:3. And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: beca