Is Belshazzar an Historical Figure?
nDan. 5:1,30 “Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords … That very
night
Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.”
nBelshazzar was mentioned as a ruler in Dan. 5:1,22,29,30
nHistorians 70 years later never mentioned him
nOther rulers at the time were mentioned
nAt one time, historians scoffed at the Bible for listing Belshazzar as the last king of
Babylon