^{28 Ref} Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.

^{29 Ref} Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

^{30 Ref} That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.